The earliest documentation of a New Orleans opera performance was in 1796, the opera “Sylvain,” by Andre Gretry.

The annual preview of the New Orleans Opera Association season, “A Taste of Opera,” has a new location this year: the Dutch Alley Performance Pavilion in the French Market, where passers-by can hear ...

Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” directed by Deborah Warner in her Paris Opera debut, reintroduces a 20th-century composer to French audiences. By David Belcher The bitter and bloodthirsty ...

What would be more ideal than enjoying a performance of classical music, dance, and Greek mythology in the modern age? Bright-toned, lively classical music immediately paints the setting for “Circé,” ...

Starting in March at the Opéra Bastille, Ambroise Thomas’s version of the Shakespearean tragedy will be revived at the Paris Opera for the first time since 1938. By Rebecca Schmid Ambroise Thomas’s ...

The beginning of fall means the beginning of the University of Oklahoma’s 2024-25 theatre season, which kicks off with a double bill of French operas running Thursday through Sunday. Witness the ...

While playing piano in a French restaurant, an opera singer and a full choir joined me — turning a quiet dinner setting into a beautiful and unexpected musical experience.