As the maître d’ gracefully ushered me to my table, the air buzzed with anticipation. This wasn’t just a meal; it was a ...

Despite some straight-washing of the original story, SF Opera's Verdi is taut and athletic under conductor Eun Sun Kim.

He was Mr. Opera for a brief time but didn’t live to see the rise of his successor, Giuseppe Verdi. Donizetti’s musical legacy is deep, and Lucia’s melodrama is the epitome of “bel canto” style ...

Paid members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus went on strike Thursday evening after negotiations that began in May came ...

On Thursday, 132 members of the San Francisco Symphony went on strike 90 minutes before the long-awaited Verdi Requiem ...

Ms. Amara, the American-born daughter of Armenian immigrants, debuted on the Met stage — or rather offstage, in the unseen role of the Celestial Voice — in the opening night performance of Verdi’s ...

The San Francisco Symphony Chorus went on strike Thursday amid ongoing financial challenges at the orchestra, leading to the ...

The German government said Friday it had decided not to sell off any more of its Commerzbank shares "for the time being", after Italy's UniCredit unexpectedly built up a nine-percent stake in the ...

Houston Grand Opera will open Il trovatore, Verdi's iconic masterpiece, in a new production from leading director Stephen Wadsworth. The production will offer a fresh vision of the composer's ...

The San Francisco Symphony was forced to cancel upcoming performances of Verdi's Requiem scheduled for September 19-21 after ...

"A Symphony for World Peace" completed a remarkable musical tour at Lincoln Center. The tour featured performances by a ...

Amid the San Francisco Symphony’s financial troubles, the orchestra’s chorus members on Thursday went on strike, forcing a ...