Once upon a time, these art forms were indeed popular entertainment. But they’re not anymore—and Chalamet doesn’t deserve the flak he’s gotten for saying so.

Already this year, I’ve thought much on the nature of theatrical revivals and adaptations. At the Royal Ballet and Opera, the issue is doubled. Gone are the pyramids and Tutankamun call-backs and in ...

Starring the French soprano Olga Perrier and the International soprano Alyona Kistenyova as Aida and Zara Vardanean, the American mezzo-soprano as Amneris Check out a preview below! Introducing ...

Fikile Mvinjelwa as Amonasro and soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams as Aida in Virginia Opera’s production of Verdi’s “Aida.” Photograph by David Polston, courtesy of Virginia Opera Erhard Rom’s set was ...

With its brass bludgeon of a triumphal march, its two-story tomb scene and its temple rendezvous, Verdi wrote the book on grand opera when he composed "Aida." It's impossible to get too grand with it.