Modern American Opera Wouldn’t Be the Same Without Her

Beth Morrison has shepherded dozens of new works into existence over the past 20 years. And her footprint continues to grow.

Paris Opera Takes On a Noted Conductor, Aiming to Expand Its Symphonic Offerings

Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Met Opera adapts Michael Chabon’s Jewish novel ‘Kavalier & Clay’ for the stage

The “epic of an opera” — which tells the story of two Jewish cousins who create a Nazi-fighting superhero — opens Sunday, Sept. 21. Jewish author Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, “The ...

The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute celebrates a decade of advancing women conductors

The Dallas Opera’s groundbreaking Hart Institute celebrates 10 years of impact with an Anniversary Showcase Concert on Jan.
Classical Music

Boos, hisses and rotten vegetables: opera’s worst behaved audiences

From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...