Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 25—Nancy Farrand stumbled onto the stage at Portland's Merrill Auditorium. She had walked hundreds of miles as a captive of ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series of reported commentaries on the future of opera. NEW YORK — It’s a big house. The Metropolitan Opera seats nearly 4,000 people up into its fifth ...

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Late in the afternoon on Nov. 10, lights began to dim as a packed audience eagerly waited at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. The Boston Lyric Opera’s staging of the classic opera “Aida,” with music by ...

Now looming large at our own Virginia Opera, “Aida” is grand opera with an equally monumental history: in its origins, its past performances and its theatrical punch. This particular “Aida” is large ...