In the early 20th century, Richard Strauss shocked theatre-goers with two one-act operas, Salome and Elektra, that to an unprecedented degree conveyed heightened emotions by means of wild, ...

The Aix-en-Provence Festival in France has named Huffman to succeed the visionary Pierre Audi, who died earlier this year. By Adam Nagourney Ted Huffman, an American-born opera director and librettist ...

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (CN) — On a recent Thursday in the quiet and breezy Provençal city of Aix-en-Provence, swarms of people crowded outside the entryway of the Musée Granet to see a new exhibit ...

Full disclosure: my definition of purgatory is a Christof Loy opera staging. They are not infernal—there is always some redemption—and they used to be good. But now, they are definitely not for me.

Before his death, Paul Cézanne offered 100 of his paintings to the art museum in Aix-en-Provence, the city in southern France where he was born and lived for more than 40 years. Despite hosting the ...

Ten Frenchman began their pursuit of the Open Aix Provence Crédit Agricole title on the ATP Challenger Tour two days ago, from world No. 314 ranked Arthur Gea to No. 3 seed in the draw Quentin Halys.

This week, the Staatsoper Hamburg is set to revive its production of “Falstaff” with a starry cast of acclaimed singers including Simon Keenlyside, Danielle De Niese, and Christopher Purves. It also ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

NEWBURYPORT — The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues Feb. 15 with an artist’s choice broadcast selected by soprano Lise Davidsen in honor of diva Jessye ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Anna Netrebko, opera singer, gestures during the final applause at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden after singing Lady ...

Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her planned role debut in Strauss’ “Ariadne auf Naxos” at the Vienna State Opera and been replaced by Lise Davidsen in a switch of star sopranos. “Ill health this ...