I was playing piano in an Italian restaurant, hoping to surprise the guests with a little live music. What started as a ...

San Francisco Opera's revival of Strauss' "Elektra" is a devastating triumph, powered by Eun Sun Kim, Elena Pankratova and a brilliant museum-set production.

Gideon Dabi and Alyssa Martin met five years ago while performing in a production of Rossini’s “La Cenerentola.” They quickly ...

Firstly, a little background. Gaston Leroux’s novel, The Phantom of the Opera, is both set in an opera house and weaves opera music into its plot. Although singing is central to the milieu of the book ...

Opera singers are admired for their powerful and expressive voices, achieved through years of rigorous training. In opera singing competitions, judges evaluate the performances of aspiring singers by ...

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, in 2020, and the cultural upheavals that ensued, classical-music organizations began including more composers of color in their programs. The Philadelphia ...