When it comes to name recognition in Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini usually comes in second place to the slightly more famed Giuseppe Verdi. If there were a ranking for the most spectacularly groomed ...

* “La Traviata” and “Cosi Fan Tutte.” Local opera lovers have the opportunity to see two of the classics this week. Virginia Opera is doing Verdi’s “La Traviata” (pictured above) at the Sandler Center ...

Nico Muhly is not your typical opera composer. He's got a wicked sense of humor, isn't afraid to show his nerdy side, and quotes Beyonce easily. But, most importantly, unlike every other composer ...

Opera in the Park concerts for the entire community will take place on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 6 p.m., Orinda Community Park, 28 Orinda Way and Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 4 p.m., Walnut Creek Civic ...

KEENE. N.H. Nerone -- No one has a kind word to say about the music to Arrigo Boito's unfinished opera "Nerone." Now that I have heard a performance of the revised version put together after the ...