Brightside’s first production of 2026 will be a concert performance of the musical “Phantom in Concert,” with a score by ...

"La Boheme," one of the most-performed operas of all time, has been called the opera for people who hate opera. Terry Jackson, who is directing it for Ars Nova, has a different view. "This is not an ...

A live broadcast of the New York Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Capriccio” will feature noted soprano Rene Fleming as the countess torn between two suitors: a poet, Olivier, sung by Russel Braun, ...

Opera Colorado is opening it's 2024/25 season with the sharp, funny romantic comedy "Daughter of the Regiment." This Italian opera is set in France among the 21st French Regiment. The soldiers find ...

From star-crossed lovers to philandering serial romancers, we pick out some of the greatest romantic duets from the wonderful world of opera. Some of the world’s greatest stories have been told ...

It’s hardly a surprise that Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 creation “La Bohème” consistently ranks among the most popular operas of all time. It offers a classic love story, picturesque Parisian settings and ...

The fires of love among Manuela, Jose Maria and Rosario were first ignited on the streets of Madrid during the golden era of zarzuela, Spanish lyric comedy operetta of the 1890s. The romantic and ...

“Soap opera” is a term that conjures cliché images. In hindsight it’s a rather sexist phrase, like the studio-system category of “women’s pictures.” Soap operas have always dealt, at times in depth, ...

may be the most loved work in all of opera. Its romantic story of starving artists and Parisian courtesans falling in love and coping with poverty sets audience hearts' fluttering. Its sweeping arias ...

Dinner and a movie is a classic combination for date night, but on Valentine’s Day, why not give it an even more romantic twist? This year, surprise your sweetheart with tickets to dinner and a live ...

Reasons you’re not going to hear this couple yell at one another. Daniela Mack and Aleks Shrader were in Seattle Opera’s “Beatrice and Benedict” in 2018. (Photo by Jacob F. Lucas) A.) They’re happily ...