Taiwan opera is revered across the Asian island. One of its most beloved traits is its gender-bending character archetypes, and its best-known actors are women who portray men. Opera - from Italy to ...
Director Keturah Stickann is neither a native San Diegan nor a current resident, but few San Diego Opera regulars have deeper ...
Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know how you do it,” the tenor recently told BBC Radio 3. In the same interview, ...
Over the past 47 years, San Diego Opera has staged Mozart’s 1787 opera “Don Giovanni” five times. The last time was in 2015, when it was presented in a minimalist production dominated by oversize ...
Leaving the War Memorial Opera House earlier this month, after the West Coast premiere of Poul Ruder’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” I was left with a distinct thought: Is there where modern opera is going?
The story of Gilgamesh has survived 4,000 years. Now it arrives on a California opera stage, partly sung in the language it ...
Editor’s Note: This is part of a monthly series from Rodney Veal that shares insights and stories from artists and creatives from all corners of our community. As the host of ThinkTV/CET Connect for ...
A familiar wooden puppet takes on new life this weekend as Boulder Opera presents Jonathan Dove's operatic adaptation of "The Adventures of Pinocchio" at eTown Hall. The production offers a fresh take ...
Opera - from Italy to France to Russia to the New World, audiences experience war and love and betrayal and more, all grandly spilled across the stage. Opera is particularly loved in Taiwan, where ...