The opera itself contains many ballet numbers, so the dance element makes sense. And McGregor resists the temptation to have his troupe – 14 dancers in all – on stage throughout, instead focussing his ...

Opera À La Carte San Diego, which made its debut in May 2024 with an intimate East Village production of Puccini’s “La bohème,” will return later this month with an opera that has never been stage in ...

LOS ANGELES — Composer Matthew Aucoin began working on “Crossing,” his first opera, when he was in college. It was a work of enormous talent, exciting promise and considerable hubris: Aucoin wrote his ...

Music Theatre of Connecticut and Norwalk Symphony Orchestra will present Ricky Ian Gordon’s Orpheus and Euridice as part of their Chamber Series for the 24/25 season. This mesmerizing fusion of ...

With even large companies struggling to survive, why did soprano and voice teacher Abla Hamza decide to found Opera À La Carte? Her goals were laudable. As national opportunities continued to shrink, ...

Orpheus and Eurydice, those doomed lovers of Greek mythology, have long been the fodder of great opera composers, beginning with Claudio Monteverdi in 1607. Gluck's version, which premiered in 1762, ...

Offenbach turns the well known myth upside down in this Pocket Opera and Napa Valley Opera House presentation of "Orpheus in the Underworld." Orpheus, whose songs could draw tears from a stone, indeed ...