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Guild Opera Company will present Verdi’s “Macbeth” on April 25 and 26, 2025 at River of the Valley in Canoga Park. The production will be directed by Gabriel Reoyo Pazos with Helen Wu conducting.
The results have made for better opera. From left, Chuanyuan Liu, Song Hee Lee and Davon Rainey rehearse “Giulio Cesare” at Hudson Hall.Credit...Lauren Lancaster for The New York Times ...
This noise is distracting to most, yet I use it to write operas from a prison cell. Nothing about me says “opera composer.” I’m Black. I’m 6 feet tall, 245 pounds, and I sport thicker-than-average ...
Learning to sing opera has changed the life of Linda Collazo. The Hunts Point native has performed at Carnegie Hall three times, and now she's hoping music will help change the lives of children ...
Not surprisingly, he was vehemently anti–Japanese. Furthermore, he was utterly convinced that the Japanese army had been personally led by Emperor Hirohito, who, he claimed, had specifically ordered ...
The reach of Carmen is greater than opera itself – there are many who could hum the Habanera or whistle the Toreador song without ever having set foot in an opera house. Bizet’s rather controversial ...
Merola Opera Program has unveiled its 2025 season. “This season’s programming is crafted to inspire joy, spark curiosity, and celebrate the depth of artistic expression. With vibrant repertoire and a ...
Zhou Li portrays Qin Liangyu in a classic Peking Opera piece.[Photo provided to China Daily] Nearly every month, Zhou Li, deputy director of the Chongqing Peking Opera company, leads her troupe to ...
Saudi gigaproject developer Diriyah Company has awarded an estimated SR5bn ($1.3bn) construction deal to build the Royal Diriyah Opera House project in Diriyah. The contract has been awarded to the ...
Over the last five years, Detroit Opera has forcefully reestablished itself as a lightning bolt of creativity, a tastemaker in the industry famed for respecting tradition while fearlessly forging ...
Revisiting the explosive and controversial Days of Our Lives storyline that aired back in 2008 – Sami’s rape by EJ, who was played at the time by James Scott — was a lesson in uncomfortable ...