The power of opera to transform lives and societies ... gave a beautiful performance of ‘Cielo e mar’ from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda, and sensational Icelandic mezzo soprano Arnheiður ...

We’ll also hear orchestral dances from Ravel and Rachmaninov, and music from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda – the ...

Nel 2018 al Teatro Municipale di Piacenza è andata in scena l’opera di Amilcare Ponchielli “La Gioconda“, melodramma in quattro atti su libretto di Arrigo Boito (firmatosi con lo pseudonimo e ...

The projections thus evoke a daytime soap opera more than a 1930s masterpiece. The narrative is likewise dually served and disadvantaged by the production’s conceit. As Cio-Cio-San, Karah Son ...

In creating an opera out of Pushkin’s revered verse novel Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky said he had been attracted by the “everyday, simple, universally human emotions”. He shied away from a ...

Zvulun, the general and artistic director of Atlanta Opera, described how the action in his contemporary-dress production of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” which was a few hours from opening ...

In updating “Madame Butterfly” to a 1930s Hollywood soundstage on which Puccini’s opera is being filmed, Los Angeles Opera has made Hays’ don’t an urgent do. Five of the six main ...

During its Opera Browser Days event in Bristol, England, browser company Opera revealed some of its latest AI developments. According to Joanna Czajka, product director for the Opera Browser ...

However, director Barbara Lluch manages a balance between authenticity and modernity with her take on Vincenzo Bellini’s “La Sonnambula ... in the libretto; opera is alive, but you must ...

Have you ever experienced an opera? This form of musical storytelling has been around for hundreds of years, and new operas are also being composed all the time. Opera can create an immersive ...