"OPERA and ballet[institutions] are sometimes considered museums where the same repertoire works get 'dusted off' over andover, and where new, modern theatre works have a hard time breaking ...

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Kunqu boasts a 600-year history. Due to its influence on other Chinese theatre forms, it is known as the "teacher" or "mother" of a hundred operas, including Beijing opera. Its emergence ushered in ...

In the case of Robert Ward’s operatic adaptation in English of the stage play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, the answer is: very well. Its premiere in 1961 deservedly garnered a Pulitzer Prize for ...

The opening of the San Francisco Opera is considered this city's best-dressed evening, our version of the Academy Awards. This is when the big ball skirts gently sweep the marble floors and when women ...

Mortals are caught up amidst struggles between capricious gods in Richard Wagner’s iconic dramatic opera The Valkyrie, from his legendary “Ring” cycle. Virginia Opera boldly opens its 2022-2023 season ...