The pandemic put life on hold for Larisa Bainton and Celeste Pelligrino. The two are opera singers — both sopranos — and music educators. This spring, they graduated from New England Conservatory.

When an opera begins with a logger cursing the cold in a French Canadian accent and a chorus of small-town folks singing about “waiting out the winter,” it must be set in Vermont. Sure enough, A ...

EAST MANATEE -- Internationally known opera singers Randolph Locke and Carol Sparrow raise their voices to raise money to help neglected or needy animals. The second local event staged by Opera for ...

Christine Buffle, soprano; Grant Doyle, baritone; German Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor; animation, Geoff Dunbar (BBC Opus Arte) Janacek’s wondrous animal opera, a lovable yet ...

After Brookfield composer Erik Nielsen finished writing his first opera, A Fleeting Animal, in 2000, he says, "I couldn't write a note of music for... All that work for only six performances? Nielsen ...

The season opener of Opera Up Close will go to the cats, and butterflies and armadillos. Billed as an opera feast for the senses, “The Animal Instinct” will be presented Sept. 24 at Governors State ...

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The leading German opera company has announced changes to its productions following controversy around the use of caged guinea pigs and rabbits in performances. PETA Deutschland, the German arm of the ...

Animal welfare groups have roared their disapproval at an opera company for using two lions and a cheetah during live performances of Verdi's Aida. The animals are transported daily from an animal ...

Moments in the 2015 opening night performance of “A Fleeting Animal: An Opera from Judevine” — with the soaring voices of soprano Mary Bonhag as Grace and tenor Adam Hall as Tommy — could have been ...

The San Diego Humane Society will present the 2024 Walk for Animals San Diego on Saturday, May 4, at NTC Park at Liberty Station in Point Loma. Participants can enter as teams or individuals and are ...