Hildegard von Bingen was a saint, an abbess, a mystic, a pioneering composer and is now an opera

L.A. Opera presents the world premiere of Sarah Kirkland Snider's 'Hildegard,' about the mystical 12th century ...
The New Criterion

To compose an opera

The Tin Angel is a new opera by Daniel Asia, the American composer born in 1953. It is based on a novel of the same name by Paul Pines (1941–2018). Pines wrote the libretto. The opera will be ...
South Carolina Public Radio

Opera at USC presents 'The Consul'

Ellen Schlaefer, Director of Opera Studies at the University of South Carolina School of Music, shares insights into Gian ...
Psychology Today

Is Opera Good for your Mental Health?

The last two nights, I went to the Santa Fe Opera. Outside of the dramatic opera hall with sides that open up to the great expanse of northern New Mexico mountains and desert, pink and purple clouds ...
7News Miami

Opera is finding a new voice for a new generation in South Florida

(WSVN) - There are a lot of people who’ve never seen an opera. But a South Florida opera company is hoping to change that. Heather Walker shows us how in this 7Spotlight. Luciano Pavarotti made his ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Florentine Opera's 'Viva la Mamma!' is the production where everything goes hilariously

"Viva la Mamma!" is an opera about an opera company trying to rehearse a new show, but everything falls to pieces. Stage director Jill Anna Ponasik compares "Viva la Mamma!" to "Noises Off" and ...
Los Angeles Times

West Side Story gets the Los Angeles Opera treatment

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In 1949, choreographer Jerome Robbins phoned Leonard Bernstein with an idea for updating “Romeo and Juliet” into a ...