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 ...

Also: the psychodramas of Father John Misty, a humble “Henry IV,” the return of the Flamenco Festival, and more.

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

The Opera Naples festival offers three weeks of fully staged operas, the Tchaikovsky ballet "Sleeping Beauty" and more.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Elon Musk would be looking at Fort Knox, the legendary depository for American gold ...

President Donald Trump warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday he "better move fast" to negotiate an end ...

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).