THUMBNAIL SKETCH: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO recounts a single day of farce – the wedding day of two servants, Figaro, servant to the Count, and his bride-to-be Susanna, servant to the Countess. As they ...

Pianist Katie Mahan in front of the cottage where Mozart wrote large parts of his opera "The Magic Flute." Freemasons, the Illuminati and the mystery of who killed Mozart are all part of the lore ...

Baritone Edward Parks, center, portrays Don Alfonso, the CEO of a tech company that is creating AI companions, in a scene from Yuval Sharon's production of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte," at the Detroit ...

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (May 19-June 10), one of opera's most beloved works, receives its first new Met staging in 19 years from acclaimed English director Simon McBurney. In his Met debut, McBurney ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1781 masterpiece “Idomeneo,” his early venture into the then-prevalent opera seria style of grand themes, historical figures and mythological stories, strikes Australian ...

Watch the triumphant tale of Idomeneo, the King of Crete, live from the Aspen Music Festival opera stage on Thursday, August 17. Neptune saves Idomeneo from the ocean after Idomeneo’s success in the ...

Born in Venice and orphaned in his early teens, the talented Salieri was discovered by the composer Leopold Gassmann, who ...

DETROIT (AP) — Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of “Cosi fan tutte” to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 1781 masterpiece “Idomeneo,” his early ...