Massive mirror onstage sheds new light on an old favorite, Chen Nan reports.

Italian tenor Riccardo Massi has rapidly achieved international recognition as one of the most exciting and accomplished ...

Photographer Gérard Uféras has been granted full access to the La Scala ballet corps’ backstage over six years to produce a ...

Headliners including Jane Goodall, Brian May, Pablo Álvarez, Glenn Hughes, Jorge Drexler, and many more will celebrate ...

Experts think it could be the oldest existing opera written by a Black American composer. Now, nearly 125 years after Dédé’s death, Morgiane will finally have its premiere. Staged by ...

There he had more freedom of movement as a Black man living in pre-Civil War United States. In France, he also gained popularity as a composer and music conductor. But for unknown reasons, the opera ...

Morgiane, ou Le Sultan d’Ispahan, a grand opera composed in 1887 by Edmond Dédé, a black, free-born New Orleans native based in France, is a case in point. Meticulously preserved in a handwritten ...

Here, talkSPORT.com takes a look at why he has followed Wilson and Brady in wearing face paint during games… Eye black is a grease-like substance that he smears on the top of his cheeks ...

"At that time, despite the efforts of Black movements and organizations, the awareness of the racist history and symbolism of blackface hadn't yet entered the mainstream public consciousness in ...

Verdi was a fervent supporter of the Risorgimento, the reorganisation of the numerous small Italian states into one country. The theme of resurgent nationalism in his early operas, the frequent ...

Giuseppe Verdi spent his last Christmas and saw in his last New Year ... He could no longer take the long walks he loved, though a late photograph caught him in his black overcoat and top hat one day, ...

“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the leaders of the opera houses I was due to sing at, and my colleagues who I was due to be performing with: thank you for your kind words ...