Opera Philadelphia’s ‘Sleepers Awake’ is the ‘Turandot’ opera with a prescription for Ambien

With the ambitious hybrid nature of the new Gregory Spears choral opera Sleepers Awake, has Opera Philadelphia opened a promising new door amid the endless possibilities of music theater? Or is the ...

Met Opera’s Multimillion-Dollar Deal With Saudis Falls Through

The arrangement would have brought up to $200 million to the Metropolitan Opera, which has suffered a series of financial ...

Her Voice Is Unlike Anything in Opera

Vilma Jää, a Finnish folk and pop singer, is bringing her eerie and affecting traditional music to the Metropolitan Opera.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Opera creates its own ending for the 100-year puzzle of ‘Turandot’

One hundred years since it premiered at La Scala opera house in Milan, there is still no consensus on how the opera “Turandot ...

Opera extends the Browser Connector functionality to Opera One and Opera GX

Following last month’s launch of MCP compatibility in Opera Neon, Opera is now bringing its browser connector feature to ...
New York Post

Opera is waging a battle to save itself in the modern world — and against self-inflicted wounds

Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know how you do it,” the tenor recently told BBC Radio 3. In the same interview, ...
The Daily Californian

Opera belongs in shipping containers

The Oakland performance took place not inside the Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, but in a closed-off parking lot ...