Opera flourishes: in spite of all the financial cutbacks, the UK’s opera companies are managing to create new work and ...

As several accounts testify, this opera was created specifically to be performed in 1735 at the new Covent Garden Theatre, which would eventually be replaced by the Royal Opera House in 1858. Handel ...

When I was a child, going to the movies was not a part of my Saturday routine. I spent my mornings at the Children's Library on Queen Street. My husband, on the other hand, lived in Hamilton and spent ...

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The Israeli Opera has announced a new director for its upcoming “Tosca.” The company said that Ido Ricklin will direct the production after the Royal Ballet and Opera canceled their planned ...

Thrasher Opera House in Green Lake is planning a $3 million renovation of an adjacent building. The project, set to begin in spring 2026, will add an outdoor sculpture garden, patio and interactive ...

The Royal Opera House is set to bring Puccini’s “Tosca” to cinemas on Oct. 1, 2025. The new production by Oliver Mears is conducted by Music Director Jakub Hrůša and stars Anna Netrebko, Freddie De ...

Mears plays mostly by the Puccini/Giacosa/Illica rulebook of love and terror in totalitarian Rome - foolish the director who would throw the musically and ...

Pérez made her Royal Opera debut in Manon in 2014 and has since returned in a variety of acclaimed roles, including Liù (Turandot), Violetta (La traviata), Micaëla (Carmen), and Mimì (La bohème). She ...

Opera lovers arriving at Covent Garden this week for the start of the new season were greeted by Ukrainian flags and scores of picketing protesters. “While she sings, Ukraine bleeds,” read the ...

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LONDON – Dozens of Ukrainians and their supporters have demonstrated outside the Royal Opera House in London to protest a performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. Protesters outside Thursday’s ...