Arrigo Boito's take on the Faust legend from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

One warm February evening in Shenzhen, Bryn Terfel stands centre stage and launches into “Son lo Spirito Che Nega” from Arrigo Boito’s 1868 opera Mefistofele, his voice filling the hall with ...

The library shelves, opera lovers like to think, are stuffed with forgotten masterpieces. They need only to be kissed into life by princely producers, displayed on the operatic stage, and their ...

From 70s classics to children’s animations, films have always turned to opera to help depict emotions, narratives and characters. Take a look at some of the best times operas have made their way into ...

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Dec. 25—Opera Southwest is bringing "Mefistofele" to New Year's Eve. Composer Arrigo Boito's 1868 opera will be the concert centerpiece of the Sunday, Dec. 31, performance at the National Hispanic ...

“L'Operacena con il maestro” was presented, a social experiment that launches the new format for promoting the Theatre The evening was inaugurated by a DJ set with a welcome aperitif, and then off to ...

Eugen Jochum conducting Lois Marshall, kim Borg, Peter Pears, other soloists; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Epic BSC-102 (stereo) and SC-6027: two records This performance was slighted ...

Ferrucio Furlanetto knows the secret to longevity at the pinnacle of opera: singing little but Mozart for the first 25 years of his career. Furlanetto, one of the greatest basses of his generation, ...