While the restrained staging invited intimacy and allowed the supporting cast’s arias to shine, the production often faltered ...

Critic Lloyd Schwartz tells a story about Lezhneva, a Russian singer he "discovered" a few months ago — without realizing he already owned a 2015 recording of her rendition of Handel's early oratorio.

“I want to live to be at least 200 years. … There’s so much I want to do. I feel like I’m just starting over again, even right now. I feel like I’m a messenger of the universe,” Arias says. And — he ...

Turning Handel oratorio into opera can be a rewarding enterprise. Charles Edwards’ presentation of Joshua, over 15 years ago, for instance, was very effective for Opera North in using projection as ...

It certainly was a choice that playwright Anthony McCarten used “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” to portray the much-loved superstar behind the songs as an absolute jerk. But that’s what ...

Opera today launched its subscription-based, AI-focused Neon browser, which joins a growing field of companies touting agentic browsing capabilities. Opera first previewed Neon in May and is now ...

FOR MILLIONS OF CONSUMER TAX CREDITS ACROSS THE NATION. AS A RESULT OF THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT. AND WE TOLD YOU WHEN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SIGNED THE MEASURE INTO LAW BACK IN JULY. SO COME ...

Universal’s “Him” debuted in second place on Friday at the domestic box office, just a bit behind last weekend’s anime smash “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Infinity Castle.” Meanwhile, Sony’s ...

A sweeping story like A Big Bold Beautiful Journey from director Kogonada calls for needle drops that will back the film’s emotional moments. Starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell, whose characters ...

Let it be known: I recoiled more times during “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey” than at “House of 1000 Corpses.” Zero stars. Running time: 108 minutes. Rated R (language). In theaters. You’d have to be a ...

The production, created specifically for grand opera houses, has its West Coast premiere Saturday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: “Restoring the original scale and glory to certain pieces … is what ...