Part of the catharsis of attending an opera is letting the tears flow when the music becomes particularly poignant. Some members of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra can relate: They confess to misting up ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Oksana Lyniv, Speranza Scappucci, Marin Alsop and Xian Zhang filled their lockers in the guest conductors’ dressing room off the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra pit. Just four women had ...

The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running musical on Broadway, ever. It surpassed Cats more than two years ago, when it reached its 7,486th performance. Andrew Lloyd Webber's show, about a ...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York's Metropolitan Opera halted a performance Saturday after someone sprinkled an unknown powder into the orchestra pit. Met spokesman Sam Neuman said the afternoon's performance ...

NEW YORK - When "The Phantom of the Opera" ends its historic run on Sunday, trumpeter Lowell Hershey said he will pretty much do "the same things" he always has, with one small caveat. "I just won’t ...

Listen to musicians talk about the sound of musicals these days and you'll hear them sing the overmiked blues, plus a dirge for the orchestra. Two weeks ago, musical director Paul Gemignani was in New ...

Detroit Opera Community Concert When: Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Where: Western International High School What: A free Detroit Opera concert Who: Detroit Opera Why: It’s part of Detroit Opera Music Director ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The company has reached deals with the unions representing its chorus and stagehands. Now, to reopen in September, it needs to make a deal with its ...

The opening bars of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” are as visceral as they come in opera: the icy zing of tremolo strings, then a full-chested, loping brass chorale. For hearing audiences, that is.