Mr. Scorca served as the president and chief executive of Opera America, a service organization, from 1990 to 2025. When the Washington National Opera announced its decision to leave the Kennedy ...

The opera, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, tells the story of Civil War-era spies Mary Jane Bowser, ...

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest continuously operating opera company is seeing revived relevance and eager ...

Created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, "Intelligence" was recorded live during the opera’s world premiere run at the Wortham ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Los Angeles Opera will announce its 2026–⁠2027 season Tuesday — the first to be led by incoming Music Director ...

The coronation bells are swift and brutal, appropriate since the crowned Boris is trouble at beginning and end of the scene by visions of the heir to the throne with spinning top he had murdered.

It’s “I Spy” — the 1960s TV show about a Black spy partnered with a white one — but so much more historical, locally significant and … well … operatic ...

Richard Hetherington forced to play Prince Calàf in Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot after French tenor Roberto Alagna taken ill In terms of drama at the opera, it will be difficult to surpass Tuesday’s ...

Jules Massenet’s classic work received a streamlined English adaptation from Heartbeat Opera, with musical-theater performers and a focus on the seamier side of the 18th-century setting. Opera ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This weekend, a matinee performance of La traviata at Covent Garden stars a pair of singers whose careers show ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy are nearly here. To kick off this year's winter games, the opening ceremony will feature an Italian icon of a singer as a headliner. The Milan opening ceremony, ...