Opera

The stories and voices of two of America's most celebrated and pioneering singers star in this week's segment.WHAT: Arias, art songs, and spirituals,…

A new opera company takes aim at industry norms and spreads its wings at the Berkshire's scenic Clark Art Institue.“How many are there?”“How…

Built on the dreams of two friends, a young festival finds its voice in the culturally rich landscape of the Berkshires with an opera of striking…

New Orleans conductor Paul Mauffray lifts the lid on a hot sauce opera that had been bottled up for a century. The show ran on Broadway in the late 1800s, and yes, it's about Tabasco.

Conductor Gil Rose discusses Donizetti's "Siege of Calais," and the thrill and value in dusting off this unknown work by one of the opera world's most…

Although she already hasn't sung publicly in nearly a year, the 73-year-old lyric soprano from New Zealand told the BBC Wednesday morning: "That's it."

Beethoven only wrote one opera, "Fidelio..." or so the story goes. The full story behind Beethoven's opera is more complex. This week on Sunday Night at…

The great José Van Dam joins an outstanding cast - including Beverly Sills and Nicolai Gedda - in the first opera of the 20th century to be featured at…

This week on Sunday Night at the Opera, we feature the great baritone Thomas Hampson in Rossini's comic masterpiece, "The Barber of Seville."Gioachino…

The legendary clemency of the Roman Emperor Titus gets a spectacular operatic treatment as Mark Padmore joins René Jacobs for Mozart's final opera, La…