By Gary Graff A collaboration between opera soprano Renée Fleming and genre-jumping banjo auteur Béla Fleck may seem, on the ...

Bruno Ravella’s 2021 production for Garsington Opera, here in its first revival at its original location, equivocates about the setting. In Act 1, the Marschallin’s bedroom has a large four-poster bed ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and soprano Renée Fleming about their collaborative project and album, "The Fiddle and The Drum," which celebrates Appalachian folk music.

Filipino Chinese mezzo-soprano Michelle Mariposa won First Prize at the 2026 Washington International Competition for Voice ...

The Cleveland Orchestra’s recent performances of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” join concerts that fill a gap in American opera.

In opera, David Sebba allows the audience to meet women overlooked in biblical narrative.

Bellini's most consistently inspired opera, director Orpha Phelan tells us, has been set on a pedestal. Well, a pedestal would have been good for the titular Druid high priestess to deliver her ...

Il primo omicidio (The First Murder) is an oratorio composed by Alessandro Scarlatti to a libretto by Cardinal Ottoboni for ...

Barbara Hannigan, the "soprano conductor" in studio q. Caption: Renowned Canadian opera singer Barbara Hannigan joins Shad to discuss her rare talent for conducting and si ...

Conductor Elim Chan will become the 13th music director in San Francisco Symphony’s 115-year history when she assumes the ...

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming has long established herself as an icon in the opera world, taking on almost every imaginable role and playing most of the iconic music venues around the world — ...