While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

Mozart's opera 'The Marriage of Figaro' is an opera buffa (comic opera) based on a late 18th-century social satire, and its overture brilliantly reflects the lighthearted and witty nature of the ...

Countertenor, conductor, and composer Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg likens opera to a fast-paced, pressurized athletic competition. “Opera is a high-intensity sport that needs a team,” he said. “And being ...

Opera awakens all the senses with super-human singing, spectacular visuals, dramatic character portrayals, and the thrill of an orchestra all on one stage. These interactive workshops won’t just ...

Everyone knows the overture from Rossini’s famous masterpiece. But even many opera fans haven’t seen or heard the rest of it.

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In this interactive workshop, conductor and West Edge Opera Musical Director Jonathan Khuner will help us understand the essential role of the conductor in opera performances. We will learn how the ...

Luigi Cherubini's "Overture to the Opera 'Anacréon'" is a magnificent overture created within the French operatic culture of the early 19th century, and it stands as one of the important works ...

The history of small publishers is usually much more interesting — some would say invariably more so — than that of major ones. This is certainly the case with the firm founded in London in 1949 by ...

He worshipped Shakespeare, and Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream is among the most perfect musical responses to any of his plays – so why did Mendelssohn never write a ...