STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges?

I am often dismayed by directors' attempts to do something original, changing the time, place and even the plot of operas in ...

A turntable stage sets brings together George Lewis’ newly composed 'The Comet' and Monteverdi’s 'Coronation of Poppea' from ...

As usual, the gala concert of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation started off with an interloper from the golden age of opera ...

I must admit that the Met’s current revival of IL TROVATORE--with RIGOLETTO and TRAVIATA, considered the great creations of ...

Jonathan Miller's Mafia adaptation of Verdi is still classy and crowd-pleasing four decades later - but for all its handsome ...

This current stretch of the Metropolitan Opera’s season is all meat and potatoes, dense with revivals of Puccini and Verdi— ...