Opera

The most beautiful piece of creative work I saw, in any genre or medium, this year was Robert Lepage’s production of The...

Some directors’ non-traditional productions feel like a slap in the face to music lovers

My favourite still-living music critic, Conrad L. Osborne , wrote these words in 1968 when talking about the famously confusing...

In ’The Children’s Crusade,’ the audience will take its own voyage in a desolate landscape

With this Digital Concert Hall, viewers have advantages over those attending in person

In times of crisis, don’t expect to see opera companies staging risky, lesser-known works

Decca is calling their new 11-CD collection "Puccini: The Definitive Collection," but really it’s a tribute to the label’s...

Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli is probably the only artist with the sales clout to get a major corporation to invest in a studio...

Last week, the Bayreuth Festival , established in 1876 by composer/writer Richard Wagner as a way to get his gargantuan operas...