New York's  Heartbeat Opera—the indie company whose daring, stripped down takes of classic operas have been called 'a radical endeavor' by The New Yorker and 'revelatory' by The Los Angeles ...

Lavallade started her 70-year career in Los Angeles and soon became known for her gravitational pull while performing.

Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes ...

She helped lay the foundation for modern dance in the U.S., collaborating with Alvin Ailey as well as her husband, Geoffrey ...

Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Bellini’s “I Puritani,” directed by Charles Edwards, is “a retro move,” said Peter ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salom.

The New York institution rings in the new year with its first new production of the Bellini masterpiece in 50 years.

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From Dec. 6, 2025, through May 30, 2026, the Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season from the Metropolitan Opera is chock-full of iconic hits and cherished memories. Plus, hear two new stageworks by Mason ...

During the 1950s and 1960s, Giordano’s Andrea Chénier was frequently performed at the Metropolitan Opera featuring some of the era’s biggest superstars. However, the opera has been seen less ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...