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• How To Enjoy Opera - Tips For Newbies - What Is An Opera Score?
  An opera score is the final draft of the composer's work. It is the sheet music for an More>>
• How to Enjoy Opera - Tips for Newbies - Composer
  A composer is a fellow who writes music. An opera composer is a fellow who writes opera More>>
• Opera Singers on Record
  When I was a young boy I went and heard Gwyneth Jones. She was singing at the Metropolitan ope More>>

• ( ) Vienna State Opera
  When you arrive in Vienna and you're not sure what sights to visit, the Vienna state opera is definitely one of the first things you should visit. The building is not difficult to find. Due to its location on the Opernring, the Vienna state opera will attract your attention immediately. Parts of the building were built in 1869, oth More>>
• ( ) Entertainment - Opera
  Trying to get your 16 year old acid rocker son to go to an Opera is like trying to get President Bill Clinton to admit that he had sex with that Lewinsky gal. You've got one big fight ahead of you. The truth is, if we didn't have the opera, we wouldn't have some of the other great music of our time as ultimately every form of mus More>>

Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera
(05/21/2012 01:32 AM)

All the lovely singing fails to save the Vienna State Opera's new production of Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito." More>>

French opera hits the right note in the US
(05/21/2012 01:32 AM)

French opera seems to be hitting just the right note in the United States. More>>

Opera review: 'Carmen'
(05/21/2012 01:32 AM)

Lyric Opera Virginia is calling its 90-minute truncation of Georges Bizet's spirited 1875 masterwork a "jewel box version." More>>

Opera review: ‘Werther’ at the Washington National Opera
(05/21/2012 01:32 AM)

Some people see opera characters as overblown exaggerations, but to me, the great thing about opera is that it’s about people you encounter in real life. Bellini’s “Norma” is about a woman who finds out her partner is cheating on her with her own personal assistant. Verdi’s “Rigoletto” is about a political leader who abuses his power to seduce hordes of women and gets away with it. And Massenet ... More>>

Opera review: ‘Samson et Dalila,’ by the Washington Concert Opera
(05/21/2012 01:32 AM)

For an opera about an action hero, Camille Saint-Saens’s “Samson et Dalila” is remarkably action-free: Even the climactic moment when Delilah shears the hero’s hair takes place offstage. It’s open to question whether its stasis makes it better suited to a concert performance than some other operas, or whether it needs a little stage business — costumes, sets — to help liven things up. Read full ... More>>