Easily the most important opera of the last half century, “Einstein on the Beach,” at least at first, meant far more to those who witnessed it than to the art form itself, which couldn’t have cared ...

Update: Portland Opera says the deal to record "Orphee" is on. It's taken a while and the final details aren't nailed down, but is "98 percent" likely to make its first commercial recording. The opera ...

What happened this past Friday night in the University of Michigan’s Power Center theater can’t really be called an opera, at least in traditional terms. But what became apparent during its duration ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists "When I started out, people thought I was going to laugh at him," Glass said recently in an interview with The Guardian. "But I see Walt Disney as ...

Philip Glass began his operatic career in the 1970s and ’80s with a trilogy focused on great visionaries of history: “Einstein on the Beach”; “Satyagraha,” a meditation on Gandhi’s early activism; and ...

When the opera Appomattox premiered in 2007, it put on stage a piece of history that was more than 140 years old. But creators Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton recently decided the story wasn't ...

AUSTIN, Texas --When you hear the word "opera," what comes to mind? A Japanese woman stabbing herself? A fairy tale prince with a flute that charms animals? Or maybe your opera experience begins and ...