Although all sectors were adversely affected by the onset of Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns, none were more affected than arts and entertainment with over a 50% decline in employment between ...

Few operas wait centuries for an audience, but after 318 years, Antonia Bembo’s “Ercole amante,” is about to get its first U.S. staging, thanks to San Francisco’s Ars Minerva. It’s a remarkable coup ...

Opera may not be the mother of modern performing arts — in terms of Greek theater, which was up and running 1200 years before Jacopo Peri’s Euridice first blew the minds of Florence, Italy, audiences ...

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,” ...

For nearly three decades, Opera Lafayette has steadily been expanding America’s understanding of 17th- and 18th-century opera and, more specifically, works of the French baroque. Founded during the ...

Boston Baroque's 2021-2022 season returns to the much-anticipated annual staged opera with performances of Handel's rarely-heard Amadigi di Gaula. Performances will take place on Thursday, April 21 at ...

If an active performing musician decides to devote her time to combing through archives and libraries in search of operas that haven’t been performed for centuries, there’s probably a good reason for ...

Back by popular demand, "A Baroque New Year's Eve at the Opera" will usher in the new year within San Francisco's beautiful Herbst Theatre. Start an early night on the town with a delightful program ...

Salvatore Sciarrino’s “Venere e Adone,” his 15th opera, premieres this weekend at the Hamburg State Opera. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Reporting from Città di Castello, Italy and Hamburg, Germany When the ...

It was a five-hour spectacular, and London had never seen anything like it. Right there on stage, swans were transformed into fairies, a bridge dissolved, Phoebus galloped through the clouds in a ...

Back by popular demand, "A Baroque New Year's Eve at the Opera" will usher in the New Year within San Francisco's beautiful Herbst Theatre on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 4pm. Start an early night ...