A crucial decision by the opera’s creators—one which ultimately ... another seaworthy work drawn from Melville: Britten’s Billy Budd. Costello, who created his role in Dallas, and Green ...

Billy Budd, to mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten, who had memorably set the novel in an opera. Dewhurst’s other television work spanned single plays for multiple ‘theatre’ strands ...

White Light Award For Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Follies, White Light Award For Best Lighting Design (Olivier Awards) for Angels In America, Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer ...

Giulio Cilona conducts the production by Christof Loy and will include artists from the Opera de Lyon studio. Britten’s “Billy Budd” will star Derek Welton and Finnegan Downie Dear will conduct. The ...

Billy Budd is a young English seaman who has a lusty love of life ... Billy goes to his death still singing the praises of the captain. A comic opera telling the story of a wily lawyer, Gianni ...

Rodgers and Hammerstein's show had a pre-Broadway run in Boston. While still enjoyable, this anniversary production "might ...

Now, frontman Billy Corgan is teaming up with Lyric Opera of Chicago to celebrate the album's 30th anniversary. It's a prospect Corgan didn't really see coming. "Along the way, different people ...

November will see three performances of Carl Orff’s cantata “Carmina Burana” (Nov. 14-18) and the world premiere of a new “alt rock opera” penned by Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins ...

Anne Bogart's take on "Carousel," at the Boston Lyric Opera," has strong performances but leaves too many questions.

Billy Corgan, the bold rocker of Smashing Pumpkins fame, is entering his opera era. Corgan will stage a world-premiere show at Lyric Opera of Chicago in November. The new project, announced ...