"Morgiane" is believed to be the oldest existing opera written by a Black American, but it wasn't seen by audiences until 2025.

The people at Heartbeat Opera--that dazzling reinvention-machine for taking works that you think you might have heard one ...

O’Dessa is set in a post-apocalyptic future and centers on the titular character (Sink) venturing from her family’s farm on a quest to track down a missing heirloom. Along the way, O’Dessa finds ...

That was around 10 years ago. Now 97, Blomstedt is the oldest active major orchestral conductor in the world and a frequent ...

Puccini's iconic opera La bohème is a classic story of love and loss. Opera Colorado is bringing it to the stage.

The Sarasota Opera House will turn 100 shortly after the end of the 2026 winter season, which will include some old favorites ...

By Michael Kohn Eight centuries ago, Mongolia ascended to the world’s consciousness after Genghis Khan and his equestrian ...

Sarasota Opera opens a new season with the double bill of one acts ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’ to launch its 66th season.

One of the benefits of reviewing operas is the opportunity to take guests whose experience of opera may be comparatively recent, and whose reactions are refreshingly unbound by preconceptions. At the ...

A Mongolian sumo wrestler has been promoted to the sport's highest rank in a ceremony on Friday. Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna, or grand champion ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest yokozuna strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark his promotion to the ancient sport's highest rank. Mongolian-born Hoshoryu ...