Opera doesn't get much timelier or more topical than Wednesday's opening performance of Beethoven's "Fidelio" at the San Francisco Opera. Here, as if plucked from that day's headlines, were the grim ...
EXCLUSIVE: Spanish actress and director María Valverde and superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel are making El Canto de las Manos (Song Of The Hands). The feature documentary will tell the remarkable ...
Chung Myung-Whun, the artistic director of Italy's La Scala Opera House, will present his first opera in Busan since taking office. Classic Busan, the classical music division of Busan City, announced ...
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Until this week, Alberta had never staged a production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio. Why? It's not on the top-10 list of most performed operas, but Fidelio is staged regularly in Europe, and the ...