When addressing a general audience about a particular topic, a good rule of thumb is to try to make your talk work for a neophyte inexperienced with the subject while offering some insight to those ...

From the staging to the set and lighting design to the high-stakes performances by the singers, the show turns up its ...

Three house debuts, the return of a director-conductor dream team, and a harkening back to the very first production of Florida Grand Opera's historic 82 seasons mark Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I ...

James Inverne on why he was drawn to write a play about a scandal around the writing of two rival La bohèmes Creativity, and creative people, and their creative works, often make me emotional. I don’t ...

For the first time in its history, the Millennium Event Center opens its doors to an opera that takes over the entire space. Gone is the traditional divide between stage and seat. Instead, you step ...

The clown in striped pants, white smock and painted face is one of the most recognizable figures in opera. "I Pagliacci" ("The Clowns"), from which the character is taken, is equally famous. Of the ...

Tragedy in opera can deliver an emotional sucker punch like no other medium. Usually, the music is to blame. But when the main characters also work in a clown troupe and must continue to entertain ...

West Edge Opera continued its Doppelgänger season by presenting the ’other’ La Bohème, not Puccini’s but rather Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera of the same title. Based on the same play, Scenes de la vie ...