Opera in the Rock’s season begins in September with a “Masked Gala,” featuring acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. Every performance this season by the Opera in the Rock company in Little Rock, ...

When Leonard Foglia was invited to direct an opera based on Herman Melville’s masterpiece about a white whale, his first reaction was: “Moby-Dick. That’s great!” “Then I ran to a used bookstore and ...

When it comes to bel canto in the Bay Area, San Francisco Opera is the giant redwood dominating the western landscape. But this mighty institution, one of the oldest opera companies in the nation, has ...

There is an “X” that hangs in front of The Metropolitan Opera House’s façade. The “X” is a banner, created by artist Glenn Ligon, where a black bold ‘X’ (of Malcolm X) is affixed a “field of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Opera said it will lock out its musicians and other unionized employees next week if a new contract agreement is not reached, in an escalation of a labor ...

Every performance this season by the Opera in the Rock company in Little Rock, Arkansas, will feature either a Black composer, a Black cast, a Black featured cast — or all of the above. Arkansas ...