Some bands have classic albums that seem to come out of nowhere. Others build gradually to a peak. Truth be told, A Night at the Opera contains a little bit of both of those extremes in its DNA. On ...

When Queen released their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974, the band had already begun sketching more multi-layered, orchestrated rock with the lush “Killer Queen” and the guitar-hurtling “Stone ...

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Nearly 40 years after its Broadway premiere, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA continues to cast its spell. I saw proof of that ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by During a break at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina discussed her action-packed career, “Carmen” and her mission to spread her love of opera.

On Monday, April 27, Council Member Joann Ariola welcomed the Queens Symphony Orchestra to Howard Beach's Russo's On The Bay ...

After a period of inactivity, the Princeton Opera Company put on a full show, “Gianni Schicchi” in March. Members reflected on the show’s success and their efforts to increase opera’s presence on ...

Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know how you do it,” the tenor recently told BBC Radio 3. In the same interview, ...

Playful and satirical, the Marx Brothers’ 1935 A Night at the Opera pokes fun at opera’s elitism while celebrating its spectacle, capturing the era’s ambivalence toward “high” art forms seen as both ...