QUINCY — The Muddy River Opera Company will present two performances of the classic Italian opera "La Traviata" this weekend, with director Alex Craig seeing an opportunity to change minds about opera ...

ROME (AP) — Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the fact that behind its faded, flaking paint is a hive of activity ...

‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont. “I’ve heard so many lyric sopranos, household names that appear on big ...

From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges? Ultimately, it was an opera piece by Catalani that took the contest, a ...