Xu Zhong, president of Shanghai Opera House, at the open rehearsal of the Italian opera Falstaff. [Photo provided to ...

Bellini did pull the drama off, with a concise series of dramatic confrontations, in his greatest opera, Norma; here the plot gets off to a slow start, most of an over-long first act devoted to ...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is one of the very greatest composers of opera. Not for him the symphonies, concertos or tone poems of the mainstream orchestral repertory – even his tremendous choral ...

‘Wagner never points a finger and says that’s a baddie, that’s a goodie. He lets them all put their point of vie​w and the ...

We tallied up all of your nominations in our annual Best of Columbia competition, finding out which bars, restaurants, local actors, musicians, artists, stores and more are at the top of your lists.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Party time: Garsington Opera’s new production of Verdi’s La traviata - Alastair Muir Opera flourishes in spite of Timothée ...

Limmie Pulliam And Vladimir Stoyanov - Verdi's turbulent 'Il Trovatore' brings back L.A. Opera from its turbulent pandemic hiatus. - Source: Getty A day after he performed at the Dallas Symphony ...

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Opera lovers in Columbia are in for a treat as the Columbia Chorale is scheduled to present an evening of operatic favorites, featuring the winners of the Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri's Opera Aria ...

We are always listening to what’s next, but we’re only human, and these are the records that are stuck on repeat. We’re highlighting some of 2026’s most outstanding albums to date by rounding up the ...

Much like taxes, muggy Columbia summers and an out-of-pocket quote from Dick Harpootlian, few things are as sure in the Midlands as our annual Best of Columbia ...

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 ...