BARCELONA (Reuters) - Montserrat Caballe, who took opera into the pop charts by singing "Barcelona" with Freddie Mercury three decades ago, died aged 85 on Saturday. The Spanish soprano, who was born ...

Barcelona’s opera house has hired an “intimacy director” to ensure performers are comfortable taking part in passionate scenes, in a first for Spain and a rarity for continental Europe. The role’s ...

Composers can’t seem to keep away from the Orpheus story. Why not? It’s a juicy one, drawing on the Greek myth about a man who tries to use the power of music to rescue his beloved wife from Hades.