“This is not a cathartic tragedy or a tale of noble sacrifice. There are no admirable characters here, no moral lesson, no redemption, and no silver lining. There is only a merciless depiction of ...

Growing up, you couldn't have paid me to go to the opera. I couldn't stand classical music. It was loud and screechy, and I couldn't understand why anyone would like it. The mere fact that those who ...

(AP) Diana Damrau recalled when she learned the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Rigoletto would be set in the glitzy Rat Pack-era Las Vegas of 1960, not 16th-century Mantua. At first you get a ...