opera reviews

NEW YORK—“La Fanciulla del West” ("The Girl of the Golden West") had its splashy world premiere at The Metropolitan Opera in 1910 with Enrico Caruso, Emmy Destinn, and Pasquale Amato ...

STOKENCHURCH, England—A strong cast and a radiant account of the title role show that music and art do ...

NEW YORK—Jules Massenet’s 1899 fairy tale opera “Cendrillon” (Cinderella) finally arrived at the Metropolitan Opera. It was clearly ...

NEW YORK—In Act 2, scene 2 of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” the heroine famously asks, “Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore ...

NEW YORK—Giuseppe Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” is being revived with a starry cast, with Plácido Domingo as Miller, Sonya ...

NEW YORK—What is the most spectacular set at The Metropolitan Opera this season? As in many prior years, ...

NEW YORK—Where can you see sword swallowers, contortionists, bearded ladies, and snake handlers? The surprising answer is on ...

With Mozart’s music, Harry Bicket in the pit, and a top-flight cast, Mozart’s comic masterpiece, “Le nozze di ...

Jacques Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” (The Tales of Hoffmann) is back at the Metropolitan Opera in a sparkling ...

Handel's masterpiece “Ottone” benefits from a stellar performance on a three-CD set from Decca.

Erato, a division of Warner Classics, has issued a DVD of the Jan. 16, 2016 Metropolitan Opera production ...

Franco Alfano's "Cyrano de Bergerac" is a minor opera, but with Roberto Alagna in the title role, a ...

As the Dutchman, Michael Volle delivers an authoritative performance, charismatic and rich-toned.

NEW YORK—The success of any production of Jules Massenet's "Werther," the opera based on Goethe's novel "The Sorrows ...

“Roméo et Juliette” is now back at the Metropolitan Opera, starring the German soprano Diana Damrau and the ...

“Il Trovatore” is one of those operas where great music prevails over a ridiculous plot.

The Metropolitan Opera has a new production, pairing Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta” with Bartok’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.”

Richard Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” clocks in at almost six hours, which may be too much of ...

The Met’s current revival of “Andrea Chénier” lacks luster of earlier productions.

NEW YORK—Life is not all play on a ship of war, so said the characters in the Glyndebourne ...

NEW YORK—With his tall stature and mane of white hair, Dmitri Hvorostovsky is one of the most striking ...