James Conlon will conduct that classic as well as productions of ‘Falstaff’ and ‘The Magic Flute’ as he concludes his 20-year run as music director.

The Los Angeles Opera dropped a contemplated world premiere for the second straight season in a cost-cutting move, and Missy ...

Yet “Falstaff” led him to break all the prevailing compositional rules of the time, crafting music that was far ahead of its era. He did so without worrying about pleasing publishers, impresarios, or ...

Strehler died in 1997. Now, near the start of a season packed with new productions, the Milan theatre has revived his 1980 staging of Falstaff, Verdi’s last opera and a crowning achievement of ...

This year’s Prototype, a showcase of experimental opera and theater, was stylistically broad but the focus was on the human voice in all its weirdness. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Even before ...

The best sopranos and magical mezzos, heroic tenors and a mighty bass or two. From star divas of history to the finest voices of today, here’s our list of the greatest opera singers in history. No ...

Opera is back with a bang in 2025 ... 29 – August 21), Handel’s “Saul” (June 8 – July 24), Verdi’s “Falstaff” (July 13 – August 24), and Janáček’s “Káťa Kabanová ...

From the opening rattle of Janáček's rural mill-wheel – the xylophone used in the first production apparently imported from Czechia, such is his sense of detail – via the strings which flame around ...

The new production of Falstaff, directed by a British team, will also return to the Shanghai stage, moving the comic opera's setting to 1950s Britain with new backdrops and costume designs.