The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.” By Ben Miller The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was ...

Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize most abundantly; which company can hoard the ...

But it works handsomely. Veteran director Giles Havergal’s hands-off approach would surely have pleased Weill’s testy collaborator Brecht. And having the songs accompanied, superbly, by Martin Pickard ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Among the highlights: the reopening of David Geffen Hall, the premiere of ‘The Hours’ at the Met and visits from the Berlin and Los ...

Kirsten Harms is in a fighting mood. Her city has perhaps the richest opera scene in the world -- three major companies, something that's almost unheard of. But Harms, general manager of the Deutsche ...