Deportations spark fears in Acadiana community; finger-pointing after New Orleans jailbreak; Marigny Opera House presents ‘Verismo’ Diane Mack , May 27, 2025 ...

Amilcare Ponchielli La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Verismo. Onyx Classics. 1.

Life That Bastard, Puccini! review: ‘grips from start to finish’★★★★★ James Inverne takes a forgotten piece of operatic history and turns it into an engrossing piece of theatre. You ...

Giordano—a leading figure of Italian verismo—uses a musical language that oscillates between lyrical rapture and unrelenting tension. Unlike romantic operas that often idealize their subjects, Andrea ...

When the Aix-en-Provence Festival scheduled Gustave Charpentier’s “Louise” (not an opera, per se, but a “musical novel”), I fretted about why such an underperformed opera would be consigned to Loy and ...

Lenox — As one of the most popular operas of all time, Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” is a staple of the operatic repertoire, celebrated for its intense drama, memorable arias, and masterful blend of ...

Opera Australia’s new production of Carmen features spectacular design and refreshing physical performance, but some complexity is lost along the way.