Opera

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Sure, he s obsessing now. But not so long ago, he was oblivious. Malcontents could say they re brilliant stars whose voices are no longer at their prime. Music lovers, I hope you re well rested and in tip-top shape...

George Gershwin's songs for Porgy and Bess hold such a secure place in our collective consciousness that it's easy to forget that we don't often get to see the piece on stage...

Photo Journal: Audra and Patti Make the City of Mahagonny Rich at L.A. Opera "Welcome to Mahagonny," says Los Angeles Opera's marketing blurb, "where sin is 'in' and love is always on sale...

Is it crazy to make John Steinbeck's novel about a pack of migrant Oklahoma sharecroppers into a highfalutin' grand opera? Ricky Ian Gordon doesn't think so...

TORONTO - So have you heard the tawdry tale of the little minx from Mtsensk? Whether you have or not, it's a tale that's bound to be much discussed here in Toronto for the foreseeable future as patrons flock to see the Canadian Opera Company's new produc...

TORONTO - Here's good news, perhaps, for those who find themselves in the grips of the February doldrums, without sufficient time or resources to jet away to warmer climes...

TORONTO - Considering the seminal role The Threepenny Opera has played in the development of 20th century musical theatre, it was obviously simply a matter of time before Soulpepper -- priding themselves as they do on their role as Toronto's primary purv...

ROME (AP) - Gian Carlo Menotti, who composed a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning operas and founded the Spoleto arts festivals in Italy and the United States, died Thursday at a hospital in Monaco. He was 95. "He died pretty peacefully and without any pain...