Easily the most important opera of the last half century, “Einstein on the Beach,” at least at first, meant far more to those who witnessed it than to the art form itself, which couldn’t have cared ...

A drum beats. An accordion joins in, like the music of a clown. A trombone further adds a circusy effect. A bearded lady, aerial acrobat, juggler, lion tamer and trapeze artist all materialize under ...

He has written around 30, depending how you count. Listen to some highlights. By Seth Colter Walls Philip Glass began his operatic career in the 1970s and ’80s with a trilogy focused on great ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists "When I started out, people thought I was going to laugh at him," Glass said recently in an interview with The Guardian. "But I see Walt Disney as ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Philip Glass' The Fall of the House of Usher, a gothic horror story which ...

It happens so quickly that you are left wondering if it ever happened at all. During a frenzied onslaught of music dominated by a manic piano line, 11 massive puppets seemingly float onstage above the ...

Update: Portland Opera says the deal to record "Orphee" is on. It's taken a while and the final details aren't nailed down, but is "98 percent" likely to make its first commercial recording. The opera ...

It’s a rainy Monday morning in downtown Los Angeles and the staff at L.A. Opera is busy preparing for the next mainstage production. Inside a large, fluorescent-lit rehearsal space at the Dorothy ...

What happened this past Friday night in the University of Michigan’s Power Center theater can’t really be called an opera, at least in traditional terms. But what became apparent during its duration ...

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The rare musical instrument is the star of Gaetano Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor," which runs through April 6 at the L.A. Opera. By Jordan Riefe In his book Mason & Dixon Thomas Pynchon wrote, “If ...