Los Angeles Opera began last week with the Pulitzer Prize announcement that “Omar,” the acclaimed new opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, was being honored as the year’s best musical ...

The passions of Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello" flared up with visceral power when Houston Grand Opera returned to Verdi's drama Friday after a 25-year wait. Verdi's retelling of "Othello," William ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Orchestra’s production of “Otello” hasn’t even opened yet, but for those behind it, it’s already something of a miracle. After struggling to find a tenor for the ...

It was a full and fired-up house at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Friday night, the whole place notably buzzier than usual before the lights dimmed. The stage was also quite mobbed, with the ...

Terrance McKnight: This is Every Voice with Terrance McKnight. It’s a new podcast from WQXR that interrogates the culture of our classical music scene and we look at ways to make it beautiful for all ...

Local opera fans may not realize it, but they owe a debt of gratitude to Giulio Ricordi and Arrigo Boito. Without the machinations of these two — a music publisher, and a composer and librettist — ...