Most opera companies have no compunction about delving into the lighter world of operetta. And why should they? The operetta repertoire abounds in splendid mixes of music and words to complement ...

Opera has long had a popular reputation for being serious. Grim, even. Take a work like Pagliacci, which is set among a ...

The University of Wyoming Opera Theatre will present a semi-staged production of Johann Strauss II’s comic operetta “Die Fledermaus” Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan ...

The premiere of the original COVID-19 musical extravaganza you didn't know you needed, Lend Me a Roll; or The Woeful Diarrheic, has premiered today! Like many in the performing arts industry, composer ...

OPERA San Antonio (OSA), in collaboration with the Classical Music Institute (CMI), will fill the Tobin Center with jaunty jigs and moving ballads in its two-performance run of The Pirates of Penzance ...

While much of the opera world was reeling from the pandemic, the Opera Company of Middlebury was exploring the world of opera as video entertainment. Eight months ago, it released a 10-minute, ...

De Nationale Opera will present a new production of Dmitri Shostakovich's Cherry Town in October at Nationale Opera & ...

Pirates of Penzance will be performed at Ann Nicole Nelson Hall on Minot State's campus.

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