Sarah Fried crowns Kate Johnson with a tiara during a costume fitting in Cedar Rapids on Jan. 2, 2025. Johnson will sing the role of the fairy godmother in the Cedar Rapids Opera’s presentation of ...

FARGO — Some little girls dream of becoming princesses. Madison Marie McIntosh had her own Cinderella dream, not based on the Disney movie or pop culture interpretations, but rather the opera version ...

Opera Modesto will host a magical, family-friendly weekend at The State Theatre of Modesto this month, featuring events in ...

Two powerful women will be at the helm when Opera San José returns in the new year with the masterful operatic double bill of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Lyric Opera of Chicago debuts a new production of Cinderella Saturday night for the holidays. It has all the magical traditions of the story we all know, but there's an unexpected ...

No evil stepmother or fairy godmother? Opéra Louisiane is putting a spin on "Cinderella." In the production to be presented Sunday, Nov. 13, at First Baptist Church of Baton Rouge, men will tackle ...

THE BASICS: Rossini’s complete opera CINDERELLA, fully staged, sung in English with orchestra, presented by Buffalo Opera Unlimited, conducted by Robert Duerr, opened Friday, November 1 and will ...

Wesley Lawrence said he can't be totally sure, but he thinks this weekend's performance of Cendrillon-the 19th century French opera that follows the story arc of Cinderella-will be the first time in ...

Who says that Cinderella needs a pair of glass slippers? In 1817, when Gioachino Rossini penned an opera drawn from the fairy tale, the Italian composer did not include the heroine’s famous footwear.

Opera Ithaca concludes its season this weekend with its biggest show to date: a production of Rossini’s famed opera “Cinderella” at the Hangar Theatre that will feature 30 actors and costumes ...

The music of Gioachino Rossini can sound like opera on espresso. His stage works are filled with insistent pieces of musical patter, machine-gun staccato notes racing up and down the scale. There is ...

This is the fourth season mezzo-soprano Stephanie Doche has spent at Opera NEO’s annual Summer Festival, and she couldn’t be happier. Now in its eighth year, the San Diego nonprofit both trains ...