On Smaller Opera Stages, Daring Art Has More Room to Breathe Unlike most countries, Germany has a network of minor but generously subsidized theaters whose vitality is remarkable, and unmatched.

San Francisco Opera’s first-ever Pride Concert is a vibrant, high-tech celebration of LGBTQ identity. The show will blend music, visuals, and community to honor queer joy and resilience.

The Greek National Opera has announced its programme for the 2025/26 season, featuring international co-productions, original works, incredible surprises, and top collaborations.

But Glaser is also an opera guy, which sometimes still surprises him. “I was a rock ‘n’ roll, punk rock kind of guy until my 40s,” he said. “I discovered opera, fell in love with it and I never looked ...

Haymarket Opera’s next production is Handel’s “Alcina,” 1 p.m. Aug. 24 at Ravinia’s Martin Theatre; tickets $15-$75 at ravinia.org Hannah Edgar is a freelance critic.

The Opera said he was there on a volunteer mission, but did not elaborate. Russian forces have in recent weeks made incremental progress advancing towards the capital of the region, also called Sumy.

The opera, “Medee” by Cherubini, is in excess of four hours, with two brief intermissions. We were seated in the two front seats of a box in the first loge with three pairs of seats behind us.

The Phantom of the Opera is returning to New York in an immersive production. The show, entitled Masquerade, has been teasing its debut for weeks (including having The Phantom walk the red carpet ...

But by the time smoke spewed onto the stage as Opera Saratoga closed Act 1, we saw its first glint of propulsive momentum. A swirling three-stage circus of wealthy diplomats, would-be seducers and ...

Whoopi Goldberg was absent from “The View” this week while she was accepting an award in Italy for her memoir “Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me.” But while there, she also ...

Tickets for a six-week New York summer run of Masquerade, the immersive Phantom of the Opera spin-off from Andrew Lloyd Webber, go on sale June 30.