It is 75 years since the Chelsea Opera Group was founded by David Cairns, Colin Davis and Stephen Gray, all students at Oxford at the time. Its longevity is brought into focus by considering that it ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since Maria Callas, the most admired and photographed opera singer of the 20th century, passed away from a heart attack at age 53. If you listen today to recordings by the ...

Giuseppe Verdi composed some of the greatest operas ever – La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and many others ...

Opera luminaries Asmik Grigorian, Thomas Hampson, Brian Jagde, Anita Monserrat, Sondra Radvanovsky and Nadine Sierra will ...

Milan’s Teatro alla Scala has celebrated its gala season premiere with a Russian opera for the second time since Moscow's ...

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala cheers the season premiere of Shostakovich's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,' an opera ...

The gala crowd at Milan's Teatro alla Scala has cheered the season premiere of Dmitry Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ...

Fans of the Scottish play will be excited to learn that there is a new adaptation at Big Idea Theatre this month. It’s ...

La Scala opens its new season on Sunday with Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, an ...

From Dec. 6, 2025, through May 30, 2026, the Saturday Matinee Broadcast Season from the Metropolitan Opera is chalk full of ...

The Verdi Chorus will kick off its 42nd season with "Faust – Berlioz, Gounod and Boito," featuring operatic sequences from three renowned composers' interpretations of Goethe's legendary tale. The ...