I am a hip hop, soulful, beat-making composer and opera singer, and I began singing opera by accident. Being from the south side of Chicago, classical music wasn't the world that was around me. My dad ...

needed inspiration for his classical operas, he often turned to contemporary plays that explored social issues, politics and affairs of the heart. But for three of his greatest works, he looked ...

Glamorous opening nights came with “Macbeth,” “Falstaff” and “Otello” — as well as a new version of “Julius Caesar.” By Larry Wolff “Ah, Shakespeare, Shakespeare!” exclaimed Giuseppe Verdi in 1872.

Opera has a peculiar Shakespeare problem. Literally hundreds of adaptations of his plays have appeared over the centuries, including more than 200 since World War II. For all that work, however, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s hard to find better dramatic material for an opera than the works by perhaps the greatest playwright of all time — William Shakespeare. At least that’s ...

It's the most wonderful time of summer: Shakespeare Season. Not only does South Bend Civic Theatre open the Shakespeare-inspired comedy "Something Rotten" this weekend, Premier Arts does, too. But the ...

Shakespeare’s tale of doom heads to the Dubai Opera this weekend following a critically acclaimed London run and UK tour. Sangeetha Sagar finds out why the play speaks to this moment The production ...

Shakespeare meets a Hasty Pudding show in "Something Rotten!" And what’s bubbling in the pudding pot is every musical ever written whipped up with plagiarism gone ridiculously, extravagantly wrong.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Jonathan Bryan as Wyatt (left) and Grace Kahl as Meridian (right). Photos are by David Goltra. Two ...

As Macbeth’s fate begins to catch up with him, the king in Los Angeles Opera’s 31 st season opener cannot look forward to having earned honor, love or compassion. His voice rises into a stressed high ...