Now in its 42nd year, the Schwabacher Recital Series, presented by Merola Opera Program and San Francisco Opera Center, will return this spring with a series of three recitals.

Opera is widely considered to be a seasonal flower.  Around the world opera festivals show their shoots in early spring, they ...

Audiences still respond to Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” nearly two centuries after it was composed because it speaks directly to experiences that never change: loss, isolation, and the search for ...

L'Elisir d'Amore Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore live from the Met. From the New York Metropolitan Opera, Donizetti's L'elisir d ...

The acclaimed Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam, who excelled in roles at major opera houses across Europe and praised for ...

While their imagined relationship owes something to that between Mephistopheles and Faustus, the play’s intimate prose could hardly be further from Marlowe’s hyperbolic flash and thunder. Marlowe has ...

José van Dam, who has died aged 85, was a Belgian bass-baritone known for his smooth voice, self-effacing nature and old-school manners; in 1998 he was ennobled by King Albert II of the Belgians as ...

Reviews of Courtlandt Palmer’s piano concerto, Horace Johnson’s “The Streets of Florence,” Max Reger’s violin concerto, Gounod’s “Faust” at the Metropolitan Opera, and Orlandus Lassus choral works.

Soprano Raquel González stars in Sarasota Opera House’s production of “The Merry Widow.” The operetta explores themes of love ...

One of the most esteemed singers of his era, he had a wide repertoire that included Mozart, Wagner and the title role in ...

Renowned Belgian baritone Jose van Dam passed away peacefully at age 85. Known for his performances with the Metropolitan Opera and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, van Dam left a lasting impact on the ...

Famed opera singer Jose van Dam, who sang with New York's Metropolitan Opera and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, has ...