If there were a prize for the most sumptuous, the most brilliantly orchestrated, the most soaringly melodic opera ever composed, it just might go to Die tote Stadt. Imagine Richard Strauss at his most ...

Howard and Perez have been dating for three years. It's not unusual for "Tosca" to end in tears. This time, though, they were tears of joy for a real-life couple. During curtain call at San Francisco ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a new opera season starting, at least via streaming or tourism, it might be a good time to ask what opera is. Opera is like the movies. There’s the broad term of movies but within that are dozens ...

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 ...

Detroit Opera invites its patrons to travel back to the sparkling salons of 1920s Paris for the next two weekends with a visually stunning production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” opening Saturday ...

When San Diego Opera opens Giacomo Puccini’s beloved romantic opera “Tosca” on March 25, soprano Michelle Bradley will be performing the role of Tosca for only the second time in her professional ...

Whitefish Theatre Co., in collaboration with the Whitefish Arts Council and the Whitefish Performing Arts Center, presents Mexican composer Daniel Catán’s opera “Florencia en el Amazonas” as part of ...