Nearly 50 years after its debut, Chico Buarque’s landmark musical returns in a vibrant new staging. Directed by Jorge Farjalla, Ópera do Malandro dives into Rio de Janeiro’s bohemian underworld to ...

1988 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Featured Actress - Musical Judy Kaye 1988 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Lighting Design Andrew Bridge 1988 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Music Andrew Lloyd Webber ...

Step back 2,000 years into the enchanting yet gritty world of Mary Magdalene when Genesis Opera Theatre’s production of “Magdalene: The Musical” graces the stage on April 6 and 7, at the STAR ...

Dan Schlosberg, who for 10 years has adapted opera classics for the company, has written its first world premiere. By Joshua Barone For the last decade, Heartbeat Opera has treated the classics like ...

It’s been 40 years since Cincinnati Opera last staged a Broadway musical. After seeing the company’s new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Wednesday night, I have just one question: “Why?” Why ...

Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Vienna In a rehearsal studio built on the grounds of old military ...

An overly simplified comparison of genre, when distinguishing between opera and musical theater, looks at the ratio of words to music. It claims that opera is “sung through” while musicals rely on ...

The only problem with the Opera Saratoga season is that it’s too short. In only two weeks the company is offering only our productions of “La Vie Parisienne,” five productions of “She Loves Me,” and ...

The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running musical in Broadway’s history, will stick around a little longer, with the producers announcing an extended final run through April 16. “What a phenomenal ...

Opera North, after several successful years of performances at Blow-Me-Down Farm at New Hampshire’s Saint-Gaudens Historical Park, is calling this spectacular site in Cornish on the Connecticut River ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...