The adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Princess and the Pea” is one of four works in the lovely current “Golden Hour.” ...

I wrote a forty-to-fifty-page treatment, which no one ever saw, of how the opera would unfold. And then I got that down to fifteen pages, which the composer saw, and then ten pages, which the ...

A notorious Russian prison complex that once housed jailed revolutionaries, toppled ministers and Soviet dissidents will be turned into a hotel, restaurants, museum and art gallery after being sold at ...

Crystal Pite’s deeply moving work has themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality. Light of Passage, taken ...

The Metropolitan Opera has revealed its 2025–26 season, the company’s 142nd year, featuring six new productions—three of which are Met premieres—and 12 revivals. Learn more and see how to purchase ...

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away from Saturdays at the recommendation of a consultant trying to boost the ...

Our critics choose highlights from a lineup that includes six new productions and modern works by Mason Bates, Kaija Saariaho ...

If you seek an introduction to opera, people often suggest Mozart’s last one, “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute,” 1791).

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent ...

In 2011, she made her debut as Violetta in a production of La Traviata by the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Since then, it has ...

The way these were performed emphasized the precise rhythms and power of Verdi's music, which was powerfully played by the Royal Opera House Orchestra under the firm control of Oren. As I ...

Torino are on the verge of selling Ivan Ilic to Spartak Moscow for €22m and aim to replace him with RB Leipzig midfielder Nuha Jatta. The transfer deadline to sign players in Italy is at ...