Although I focus a lot on world music and jazz, I’ve always loved opera and art song. I saw the great German-British soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sing at the Hollywood Bowl in the late ’60s. On a ...

Late in the afternoon on Nov. 10, lights began to dim as a packed audience eagerly waited at the Emerson Colonial Theatre. The Boston Lyric Opera’s staging of the classic opera “Aida,” with music by ...

CHICAGO—When the Suez Canal opened in 1869, it shortened the route between Europe and India, changing the world overnight. Consequently, the Egyptian capital of Cairo became very important. Italian ...

From lead to chorus, the performances in Aida are superb, but the production suffers from its more intimate approach and unusual costuming Opera Hong Kong's new Aida offered much to enjoy. It boasted ...