Opera
In Brooklyn, Opera Makes Its Appeal to an Edgier Audience
LoftOpera proves beer and Puccini are the recipe for a raucous night out.
An Artist Created an Opera Performed Through Text Messages
The "audience" will receive two SMS messages a day combining straight narrative, images, and video. The vibration from their phones creates the opera's "music."
Watch Jazz Cartier Traverse Through a Real Life Gothic Nightmare in "Opera"
Unsurprisingly, Jazz still manages to look cool.
Morten Messerschmidt's Guide to the Opera
The Dansk Folkeparti politician has a soft spot for opera, so we asked him to share the passion.
Experimental Operas Might Make the Genre Cool Again
'Hopscotch,' a new experimental opera in Los Angeles, bends every convention of what you thought an "opera" should be—and that's exactly why millennials like it.
The Polygamy Opera Hits Vancouver
Love, death, betrayal and redemption are timeless narratives found in the opera, but the 21st century has opened up the scene to topics like Nixon, Steve Jobs—and even polygamy.
A New Kind of Opera Connects Audiences to Africa
Pidgin wasn't Purcell’s intention, but it works in this new opera.
Death Valley Ballet Dancer Marta Becket Turns 91
The Amargosa Opera House founder has been dancing in the desert for the last 48 years.
How to Make Opera Less Boring
Can a new generation of indie operas set in bars and railway stations save the art form from extinction?
"Hyper-Opera" Programs the Drama of Performance Online
You've never experienced 'The Odyssey' quite like this.
Behold, the World's First Opera About LSD
Imagine a world where people break out into song while tripping balls. That's basically LSD: The Opera in a nutshell.
The Journey Ends Here: Bidding Farewell to Sir Christopher Lee, Heavy Metal's Champion
Paying our respects to the musical legacy of this revered British actor, author, singer, and metal fan.