Our critic selects the hottest tickets, including Tosca at Glyndebourne and English National Opera’s Angel’s Bone in ...
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Best US Opera Houses

Opera houses are among the most impressive architectural achievements in American culture. By combining excellent acoustics with breathtaking design, these venues create settings where music and drama ...
The opera, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, tells the story of Civil War-era spies Mary Jane Bowser, ...
This post was updated Feb. 1 at 5:57 p.m. A UCLA alumnus is bringing lesser-known stories to the opera stage, and the Grammys are noticing. Jake Heggie, an American composer and UCLA alumnus, had his ...
Soprano Lucy Shelton has premiered more than 100 new works in a decades-long career as a concert and recital artist. "I haven't spent my time as an opera singer," Shelton, 80, explained in a video ...
Every generation has their defining musical super group. The 1950s had The Four Seasons. The 1960s were for uniting Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. The 1970s and ’80s banded together Led Zeppelin, ...
Houston Grand Opera's "Intelligence" wins a GRAMMY for Best Opera Recording, highlighting Houston's artistic excellence and the powerful impact of American opera.