Dead Man Walking: searing contemporary opera is a ‘triumph’

That ’70s Show alum Danny Masterson is wallowing in despair behind bars as the convicted rapist’s ex-wife, Bijou Phillips, ...

After 318 Years, a forgotten woman composer's opera finally takes the stage in S.F.

San Francisco's Ars Minerva revives Antonia Bembo's 1707 "Ercole amante," giving the Baroque composer's music its long-delayed world premiere centuries after it was written.
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First Person: Kerem Hasan on the transformative experience of conducting Jake Heggie's 'Dead Man Walking'

There is a scene in the second act of Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally’s Dead Man Walking in which the man condemned to death ...

Year-end brings Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Bizet and Gluck operas to Korea

As Korea’s opera scene heads into the year’s final stretch, major companies across the country are unveiling high-profile ...