German countertenor Nils Wanderer makes his Met debut in Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s opera, “ El Último Sueño de ...

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 ...

For some classical music lovers, nothing can compare to a well-executed baroque opera, with the machine of the orchestra clicking along and the singers filigreeing their da capo ornaments on top. It’s ...

Before Italians invented opera, the oratorio and the cantata, they created madrigals — highly experimental secular songs for a small group of singers whose voices weave and combine in often unexpected ...

On April 27, Boston Baroque presented a thrilling production of one of the gems of baroque opera, George Frideric Handel’s opera “Ariodante,” which is a tale of love’s triumph over evil set in ...

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 ...

Co-choreographing the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra’s upcoming production of Henry Purcell’s ”Dido and Aeneas” returned George Staib to what first drew him to dance. “My heart was always moved by Baroque ...

Mountainside Baroque presents a ground-breaking production of George Philippe Telemann’s delightful comic serenata, Don Quixote at Comacho’s Wedding. This one-act opera features full-sized puppets alo ...

L’Harmonie des saisons, an early-music ensemble based in Granby, Québec, has sold out all seven of its Burlington concerts since its music director, Eric Milnes, first brought the lively and highly ...

Set in the royal court of Scotland, evoked with humour, fantasy and more than a nod to parallels with Britain’s current Royal Family, the opera tells a story of love, jealousy, subterfuge and betrayal ...