While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

Sir Karl Jenkins celebrates his 75th birthday with a new piano album of his best-loved works and two new compositions. The pieces, performed by Sir Karl himself, are the first chance we have had to ...

After endorsing marriage equality, Ireland surprised Germany for the second time last week by showing it can also do opera. The Wexford Festival Opera was given an enthusiastic reception in Berlin on ...

Shining examples of Verdi's orchestral writing from his mammoth operatic output, performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala and Riccardo Chailly. Drive Featured Album, 4 February 2013. Opera ...

Tnot quite tall enough to see over the seat in front of you. Especially when they sing the darn thing in some language you`ve never even heard of, let alone just plain heard before. Such were the ...

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Italian tenor Marcello Giordani performed with the Dallas Opera Orchestra at the Winspear Opera House Saturday. The Dallas Opera put on a strange but wonderful concert Saturday night. It was wonderful ...

Rossini's best overtures all on one disc! If you don't know these tunes by name, you'll know them from countless soundtracks and TV commercials, as they seem to capture the vivacity and colour of ...

Madison Opera will debut its first-ever production of Maria de Buenos Aires this Friday at the Overture Center for the Arts. Maria de Buenos Aires was first produced at the theater Sala La Planeta in ...

You have to hand it to Don Juan; the dude was quite a hit with the ladies. And when the Madison Opera took up his cause in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” this weekend, the legendary libertine showed why.