Tag: opera
NEA Opera Honors: Renee Fleming on Leontyne Price
Soprano Renee Fleming talks about the unparalleled career and influence of NEA Opera Honoree Leontyne Price.
Emmy Rossum - Think of Me
From the 2004 film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.
André Rieu and Dorona Alberti - I Will Survive
André Rieu & Dorona Alberyi performing I will Survive live in Maastricht.
Tituss Burgess, Susan Graham, and Christine Baranski Perform "You'll Never Walk Alone"
Tituss Burgess, Susan Graham, and Christine Baranski pay tribute to 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree Renée Fleming with a heartfelt rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone."
André Rieu Live in Vienna
Live in Vienna, a concert with André Rieu on the square in front of the imperial Hofburg Palace in the heart of Vienna, is 135 minutes of pure pleasure for the eyes and ears.
Pirates of Penzance
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where it was well receive...
H.M.S. Pinafore
H.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-long...
The Gondoliers
The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria is a Savoy Opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances, closing on 30 June 1891.
Verdi's "Rigoletto"
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.
Mozart's "Don Giovanni"
Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about a libertine as told by playwright Tirso de Molina in his 1630 play El burlador de Se...
Rossini's "Barber of Seville"
The Barber of Seville (1816), or The Useless Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber of Seville.
Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"
Composed in 1786, Mozart's classic opera has all the ingredients of a modern rom com: love, revenge and deception.
The Phantom of the Opera
In this 1925 silent horror classic, aspiring young opera singer Christine Daaé discovers that she has a mysterious admirer intent on helping her become a lead performer. This enigmatic masked presence is Erik, also known as the Phantom, a horribly disfigu...
How Mozart Changed Opera Forever
Mozart's collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte was legendary. Here is how Mozart's two great operatic achievements, The Marriage of Figaro (La Nozze di Figaro) and Don Giovanni revolutionised the genre of opera.
11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Opera Singer In The World
Victory Brinker is the world's youngest opera singer in the world.