Gluck's 18th-century "Iphigenie en Tauride" will be co-produced next year by the Metropolitan Opera and the Seattle Opera in the first collaboration between the companies. Stephen Wadsworth will ...

"There is no musical rule that I have not willingly sacrificed to dramatic effect," 18th-century composer Christoph Willibald Gluck wrote in program notes to one of his groundbreaking operas. What an ...

From left, Daniel Noyola (Scapin), Shannon Jennings (Argentine), Niru Liu (Diamantine) and Ben Edquist (Pierrot) in Wolf Trap Opera’s production of Gluck’s “Merlin’s Island.” (Scott Suchman) Review by ...

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In Greek mythology, the poet, musician and prophet Orpheus rescues his wife from hell. But the couple's earthly reunion is fleeting; Euridice is pulled back to the underworld after Orpheus, unable to ...

As Korea’s opera scene heads into the year’s final stretch, major companies across the country are unveiling high-profile productions that underline the growing ...

“The conventions (of opera) are that a bunch of people stand and wave their arms in the air and sing and sort of act, and there’s beautiful music being made, usually an absurd story in a language you ...