The Phantom of the Opera will end its 35-year Broadway run on April 16. Still, Lloyd Webber longed to be thought of as a serious composer. He was proud that Cats was built around a fugue, and, like ...

The company’s 2026-27 season lineup also features seven operas, including “Don Giovanni,” “Omar” and “Susannah.” Plus, a new role for noted hometown soprano Sondra Radvanovsky.

An overly simplified comparison of genre, when distinguishing between opera and musical theater, looks at the ratio of words to music. It claims that opera is “sung through” while musicals rely on ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Osvaldo Golijov’s Lorca-inspired opera comes to New York, and the pianist Igor Levit plays with the Cleveland Orchestra, among other ...

A baroque-style opera about a lovelorn sorceress, staged in a local vintage shop—that's Alcina, a collaboration between Milwaukee Opera Theatre and Early Music Now. Incredibly intrigued by this ...

The Phantom of the Opera staged its final show on Sunday, ending a 35-year, 13,981-performance run as Broadway’s longest running production—thousands more performances than any other show in the top ...

Dan Schlosberg, who for 10 years has adapted opera classics for the company, has written its first world premiere. By Joshua Barone For the last decade, Heartbeat Opera has treated the classics like ...

The only problem with the Opera Saratoga season is that it’s too short. In only two weeks the company is offering only our productions of “La Vie Parisienne,” five productions of “She Loves Me,” and ...

In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...

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Lyric Opera of Chicago will bring back its summer musical with a 2027 production of “Guys and Dolls” after a four-season hiatus, the company announced Thursday . Lyric’s upcoming 2026-27 season is ...