A recent performance of Paul Hindemith's opera Sancta Susanna in Stuttgart, Germany, left 18 audience members requiring medical assistance for nausea and shock, according to a report by the Daily Mail ...

Anna Netrebko is back, briefly. The star soprano, whose links to Russia have made her a controversial booking in some ...

Covent Garden’s new Tosca has been sparking considerable interest and not only because it marks the opening of a new season. For one thing, it features the controversial return of the Russian soprano ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators in New York have marked the start of the Metropolitan Opera’s season by protesting the planned production of “The Death of Klinghoffer.” They gathered outside Lincoln ...

BERLIN (AP) -- Under heavy security, a controversial production of Mozart's opera "Idomeneo," dropped for fear of Muslim backlash over a scene with the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, returned ...

"Unsettling Opera," a panel dis-cussion of operatic productions, brought together prominent scholars and members of the opera community Thursday and Friday to consider five contentious works - four ...

In a crowded Oscars race for Best Actress, packed with big names like Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore, Angelina Jolie definitely stakes a claim for a spot on the shortlist. She plays opera legend Maria ...

GLYNDEBOURNE, England (Reuters) - A new production of "Die Meistersinger" at the Glyndebourne festival sets aside the Nazi associations of Wagner's controversial opera to focus on its timeless story ...