There are strong performances and much to admire in Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’s opera about the Japanese artist, but it feels strangely inert ‘I might become the art myself,” sings the artist ...

On a park bench in Dupont Circle, two men get acquainted over small talk: The health properties of milk, the guests at Sen. Joe McCarthy’s wedding, the spelling of Roy Cohn’s name. It’s 1953, and the ...

Back in November, Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello figured out exactly how she would blow up the opera company’s 44-year relationship with the John F. Kennedy Center for ...

If only European generals had possessed the tactical skills of Opera Orlando’s leaders, perhaps World War I might have been a shorter and less bloody affair. Opera Orlando waited until it felt the ...

MILAN, Metropolitan City of Milan — As the world's best athletes compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, the host country is showcasing another cultural treasure: its renowned opera tradition ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” has been a bankable opera house favorite for more than 200 years due to the whimsical cleverness of romantic plot and score ...

Houston Grand Opera has won a Grammy Award for the Best Opera Recording, it was announced Sunday night. The winner, Intelligence, was the first Grammy nomination for HGO in more than 35 years and the ...

There was a bit more drama than usual at the Royal Opera House earlier this week, when the Royal Opera’s head of music heroically stepped in mid‑performance during Puccini’s Turandot. French tenor ...

Christos Makridis is also a co-founder of Living Opera and the Living Opera Foundation and founder of CM Culture Management. He is also an affiliate and contributor to several think tank communities ...

The Washington National Opera has relocated upcoming performances to a familiar venue as it breaks away from the Kennedy Center following President Donald Trump’s takeover of the performing arts venue ...

The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it plans to leave the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, its longtime home, a stunning move that follows reports of declining ticket ...

The Washington National Opera on Friday announced that it’s leaving the Kennedy Center, where it has performed for decades, in the latest high-profile departure following President Donald Trump’s ...