The decision to open the 40th opera season on Tuesday with Dido and Aeneas is a lovely nod to the past while ensuring the ...

After splintering a sword, killing a dragon and scaling a fire-covered mountain, not to mention waging a stentorian battle against 100 instrumentalists for 5½ hours, Simon O’Neill, as Siegfried, rose ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Washington National Opera began its 70th-anniversary season sumptuously ...

“Aida,” as we know, was supposed to be Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera. At least, he thought so. Along with his powerful “Requiem,” and all its operatic overtones, his very final work to come, the moving ...

Bosnian producer Damir Ibrahimović, who is best known as the producer of Jasmila Žbanić’s 2020 Oscar-nominated Srebrenica drama Quo Vadis, Aida?, died October 9 in Sarajevo. He was 60. The producer, ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Editor’s note: This story was updated on Oct. 8, 2025, with comments from James Meena. In the latest offstage turmoil at Opera ...

A revamped version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" is embarking on a North American tour, including a run at the Detroit Opera House Feb. 4-15. Tickets, which start at $40, go on ...

The Metropolitan Opera announced that it will partner with the Saudi Music Commission. The move comes as the opera house is facing a major financial strain after withdrawing over $100,000 million from ...

At the BBC Proms in September, the Albert Hall will stage a concert performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s controversial 1934 opera, Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. Based on Nikolai Leskov’s 1865 ...

Earl Sweatshirt and actor Aida Osman have a brand new baby girl and a new grounding of art in love, responsibility, and a bright future. Earl Sweatshirt, former Odd Future MC, and actress-writer Aida ...

Park City • In this ski town, the first full opera to be performed in over 20 years is getting ready for curtain call. The organizers behind it are hoping to make the classical art form cool, fun and ...