In an attempt to find new audiences and save money, opera companies are ‘throwing spaghetti at the wall’ to see what sticks. It often works ...

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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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Melanie Helton’s key to MSU Opera Theatre's production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is bold color. As she has studied ...

When it comes to Mozart’s opera "The Marriage of Figaro," Adam Plachetka has sung both of its leading male roles: Figaro and Count Almaviva. And when the Czech bass-baritone finishes his three-day run ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The furor is the latest in Europe over religious sensitivities -- following cartoons of the prophet first published in a Danish newspaper and recent remarks by Pope Benedict XVI decrying holy war.

When Emily Hagen was tossing around ideas for her upcoming production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," Jack Bowman thought of a setting that already had the right ambience. It was a natural pick ...

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 ...