Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over ...

The National Opera House in Pittsburgh has entered its restoration phase, following its acquisition and stabilization. This ...

In an excerpt from this volume of essays, Guy Nordenson explores the traces of history left behind by different construction ...

While the building has been stabilized, the National Opera House nonprofit is still working to obtain funding for a full ...

David Edward Byrd, an artist whose swirling, psychedelic, instantly entrancing illustrations gave the rock mecca Fillmore ...

The White House has 132 rooms, and each new US president gets $100,000 to redecorate them. With every new president comes new design choices, often reflecting their values and political views.

Amid the current economic pressures and political tensions, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts is determined to weather 2025 with a strong repertoire that includes beloved classics like the ...

New Orleanians Givonna Joseph and Patrick Quigley were guests of honor Wednesday at a small gathering on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

A modern-day renaissance man, jazz trumpeter and opera composer Terence Blanchard is an 8-time Grammy Award-winner whose film scores have earned him two Oscar nominations. “I’m ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Opera singer David Daniels performs as Prospero during the final dress rehearsal of “The Enchanted Island ...

FILE - Opera singer David Daniels performs as Prospero during the final dress rehearsal of "The Enchanted Island," at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer ...