For most of its 123-year history, the Metropolitan Opera has had a somewhat forbidding image. Peter Gelb, the Met’s new general manager, is resolved to change that. For the first time ever, for ...

The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

With Sandie Shaw's 'Puppet On A String' back in the charts via an homage-paying sample, we look back at the song that gave the United Kingdom its very first victory at the Eurovision Song Contest. If ...

The head is carved from wood. Mechanisms in the hollow head move the eyes and mouth. The main rod, made either of wood or bamboo, runs through the neck to the head, and the length varies. The hand ...