Opera News

Joyce DiDonato, the American mezzo-soprano, has delighted an audience at the Royal Opera House by singing her part in The Barber of Seville from a wheelchair.

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will perform in a wheelchair in the Royal Opera House's The Barber of Seville after fracturing her leg on stage.

MARIA NOCKIN was at Los Angeles Opera's 'La traviata' With his opera La traviata , Giuseppe Verdi crowned the achievement of his early years as a composer .

And, thanks to some others in the area similarly focused, I've got a lot more to think about.

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Lisa Hirsch's Classical Music Blog. The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve.

The brilliant beauty of the country of love, Italy, will come alive during classical rhythms performed by Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera on July 9. The first half of the night includes the immortal work Messa di Gloria, composed by Italian composer Puccini.

Renee Fleming as Violetta and Thomas Hampson as Germont perform a scene from Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

Verdi-inspired Canadian-American songwriter works with the orchestra of Opera North and Daniel Kramer on Prima Donna Dan Cairns Maria Callas once commented: "An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down.

Four dashing men of international origin, sexy in their Armani suits, with voices bigger than the Grand Canyon, sing their hearts out on hits from Adagio in G minor to "Unbreak My Heart." Four gorgeous British women wearing short red dresses and brandishing violins and violas release an album of classical faves and Led Zeppelin covers.

Kang Hye-jeong is one of four performers playing the role of Rosina in The Barber of Seville by the Seoul Metropolitan Opera.

As the curtain rose on Act III of Verdi's "Don Carlo," James Morris as Philip II sat alone in a darkened hall, and began a famous soliloquy.

Korea National Opera will stage Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma," a work that has rarely been performed here, from today through Sunday at Seoul Arts Center.

Glyndebourne Opera, UK will play L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti, sponsored by Balli Logo, sung in Italian with English supertitles.

London, Meet Valery Gergiev - the total conductor Add your view Set to dazzle: 'London will see what other cities didn't see,' says.

Today is Tuesday, June 23, the 174th day of 2009 with 191 to follow. The moon is waxing.

The Indianapolis Opera has listened to its patrons and chosen its productions for 2009-10 based on those preferences.

Hoffmann's Tales, with the distinguished German poet and fantasist participating in his own stories, come in various guises.

A rising opera talent who's compared to Leontyne Price will perform Thursday at the Pearl River Library.

NESSUN DORMA: Possibly the most famous aria ever, from Puccini's Turandot. Versatile and timeless, it is the ultimate audition song.