Think opera is all velvet curtains, impossibly expensive tickets and stories you vaguely remember from school? Think again.

Conductor Tran Nhat Minh believes Ho Guom Opera House has raised professional standards for classical music in Vietnam while ...

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Complete with TV cameras and pink studio sets, Olivia Fuchs’s ingenious production brings a modern twist to Amadigi di Gaula ...

The recording of 'Breaking the Waves,' an opera with 'nudity, vulgarity,' will be released next month and the single dropped ...

While the country house opera season is in full swing, the Royal Opera has mounted a major new production of Bellini’s final ...

She also delves into contemporary classical artists, featuring tracks from Max Richter's The Blue Notebooks and composer Sally Beamish's Seavaigers, a collaboration with Scots musicians, fiddler Chris ...

The Cork soprano tells Colette Sheridan about her role in the Cork Opera House production,  and of memories of her late ...

Three Pacific opera singers are set to take centre stage in Wellington as finalists in the 2026 Kiri Te Kanawa Song Quest ...

A Northern Illinois University student won a voice award that he says has boosted his confidence. Daniel Chukwunyem is from ...

House is one of Vietnam's leading performance venues today and a dream stage for future generations of artists. He speaks ...

From James Henry to Nardi Simpson, Aaron Wyatt, Adam Manning and Nina Korbe, here are First Nations voices making waves in ...