At the event Gordon will read from his memoir, “Seeing Through: a Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera.” In his book, Gordon shares his journeys through youth, addictions, abuse, and the devastation of ...

Canada’s National Arts Centre’s Board of Trustees has announced that Annabelle Cloutier is its new President and Chief Executive Officer. She is the first Francophone woman in the history of the ...

The Wiener Staatsoper has announced a cast change for its production of “Salome.” The company said that Lidia Fridman will replace Elena Stikhina in the title role. Fridman took to social media and ...

Opera has no shortage of drama or tension. But pyrotechnics, explosions, intense fights and aerobatics are chiefly the domain ...

As we wrap up 2025, here is a look back at some of the most-read articles of the year. We will focus mainly on longer-form pieces like reviews and interviews for this article.

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The Metropolitan Opera is in the midst of reviving “Un Ballo in Maschera” for the first time since 2015. Considered one of Verdi’s masterpieces, the work has some of the greatest arias and ensembles ...

Krzysztof Warlikowski directed the new production. The Polish director is famous for his renovation of the theatre language in Europe and his adaptations of the big tragedies of Shakespeare and Greek ...

Of course, this isn’t a review of the great Metropolitan Opera House, per se, but as a most fortunate and frequent attendee of the Royal Opera House, (now frustratingly called the Royal Ballet and ...

The Vivaldi Edition from Naïve Records is now entering the 21 st year of its incredible plan to record all of Vivaldi’s music, which is held in the National Library in Turin. It is a project ...