Learn how Opera Theatre of Saint Louis selects productions and themes, balancing artistic vision with practical decisions.

In 1957, north of Santa Fe, John Crosby set out to create an operatic theatre unlike any before. In 1957, John Crosby set out to create an operatic theatre unlike any before. Inspired by opera as a ...

If, as Detroit Opera artistic director Yuval Sharon writes, “rebirth is opera’s true power,” then he embodies that potential, continually reshaping the art form to be more inclusive, innovative and ...

Earlier this month, former English National Opera artistic director John Berry said opera in the UK needed to “attract good writers and tell better stories” that could tap into the zeitgeist, making ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Opera Company of Philadelphia is getting a new name that officials say is in better harmony with the organization’s move toward more innovative programming, public outreach and ...

But Rimsky-Korsakov's rainbow-coloured score, in turn glowing and surprisingly violent (for him), is surely his greatest, and can only be done on the highest level, as it is here by the Dutch National ...

Opera directors sometimes shy away from this raw sincerity – probably for a perfectly good reason, which is that Paul, endlessly mourning his dead wife, Marie, then ends up strangling her living ...