Soprano Lucy Shelton has premiered more than 100 new works in a decades-long career as a concert and recital artist. "I haven't spent my time as an opera singer," Shelton, 80, explained in a video ...

It won’t whip the llama’s ass, but Opera has added a Spotify visualizer to its latest iteration of its free Opera One browser. Known as Sonic, the visualizer will be part of Opera’s Dynamic Themes, ...

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028. The 73-year-old ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...

There is no more need to use the Spotify app on the desktop or open its web player as using Opera One would have the experience available for users as it is now the default music player on the browser ...

The School of Music will bring audience members into a musical therapy session at “Love is a Plaintive Song,” an opera scenes show directed by the SOM’s new opera stage director Eric Gibson. “Love is ...

The Jacobs School of Music Opera and Ballet Theater will present “An American Dream” at 7:30 p.m, Feb. 2-3 in the Musical Arts Center. The opera tells the stories of two families — one Jewish and one ...

James Conlon, who has conducted more performances with the company than anyone else, will step down from his post in 2026. By Robin Pogrebin Reporting from Los Angeles The year 2026 will mark James ...

Nearly two years after it was first announced, the Aspen Music Festival’s reimagined opera program is up and running with the legendary soprano Renée Fleming and conductor Patrick Summers at the helm ...

As a boy who played piano seriously and spoke Italian, Francesco Milioto was almost destined for opera. But conducting? For the Florentine Opera's music director, that journey began serendipitously.

James Conlon, the second music director in Los Angeles Opera’s almost 40-year history, will step down from his role after the 2025-26 season, the company will announce Wednesday. Conlon will have led ...

Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of Paris Opera beginning Aug. 1, the company is expected to announce Friday morning, and Los Angeles will share the conductor with the City of Light for at ...