When interviewing a puppeteer in the presence of his creation, eye contact can be perplexing. Basil Twist, the acclaimed puppet artist whose designs span Broadway, opera and cabaret stages, was ...

Set inside the Paris Opera House, The Phantom of the Opera follows a mysterious masked figure who lives beneath the opera house and becomes obsessed with young soprano Christine Daaé, guiding her ...

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is known for bold storytelling, from reimagined classics to powerful contemporary works. But how does a spoken play transform into a fully sung opera? According to ...

Robert Larsen, driven by his love for opera, founded the Des Moines Metro Opera in Indianola, Iowa in 1973. Larsen's ambitious leadership and dedication built the opera from a small-town production to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Basil Twist poses outside the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House with the Monkey King puppet he created with costume designer ...