It was during the Paul Kellogg era of the nineties and the aughts that New York City Opera became a force for Baroque opera—specifically works by Handel, which, with their historical-mythical plots ...

Opera is a vocally-driven performing art. But this past Tuesday, Ellen Hargis—a “Baroque-music diva” according to The New Yorker—proved that sleight of hand can improve even the most skilled voices.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As they have for decades, 19th-century warhorses like “La Bohème” and “Carmen” still dominate opera- house marquees. But just as today’s diners are ...

The Yale Baroque Opera Project (YBOP) will present a fully staged production of the 17th-century Italian opera “La finta pazza” (“the make-believe madwoman”) by Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650) in two ...

As the composer of Messiah, the most famous oratorio ever written, George Frideric Handel is a giant of the classical music world. But he also wrote operas. In the early 1700s, London was crazy for ...

"DE FACTO, there has been little baroque opera performed in Slovakia," said Martin Bendik, dramaturge with the Slovak National Theatre.The causes are the staging specifications and demanding ...

German countertenor Nils Wanderer makes his Met debut in Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s opera, “ El Último Sueño de ...

A captivating romantic comedy that was wildly popular in 17 th century Italy but soon fell from grace and remained untouched for centuries is about to have a rare modern revival, courtesy of Haymarket ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Daniel J. Wakin They called it a pasticcio pastry a mishmash of arias by different composers, sometimes given new texts and often chosen by the ...