A visual whirlwind accompanies charismatic and stylish performances in William Kentridge’s new staging. In the pit, Jonathan Cohen and the OAE add light and shade ...

The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...

The characters in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “The Coronation of Poppea” are not content to rest on their laurels. In fact, no one in this inspired-by-true-events tale of the rise of Ancient Roman ...

The renowned opera director and founder of The Industry is premiering 'The Comet / Poppea,' a mash-up of Monteverdi and a short story by W.E.B. Du Bois, at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary. By Jordan Riefe ...

Which music-theatre works of today will play to sold-out houses in the twenty-fifth century? Such is the challenge issued by Claudio Monteverdi, the former maestro di cappella at the Basilica di San ...

For centuries, opera was not only the most prestigious form of Western music but also the most political. Cohen observes that the invention of opera coincided with the emergence of the modern ...

The little OPERA theatre of ny will present a livestream concert of Monteverdi & Other Treasures from the Seicento on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm ET. The production will offer an optional immersive ...

The little OPERA theatre of ny (LOTNY)presents a livestream concert ofMonteverdi & Other Treasures from the Seicentoon Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm ET. The production will offer an optional ...

Only three of a dozen or so operas written by Claudio Monteverdi survive in enough of a form to perform. Now, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is in the midst of presenting these three as a cycle.

Monteverdi’s 1607 “L’Orfeo” is usually the earliest well-known work that everyone agrees can rightly be called “opera.” Yet “L’Orfeo” has had such a sporadic performing history that, up until the ...