While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

Osmo Vanska and The Lahti Symphony Orchestra play two = movements of Belshazzar's Feast, a suite by Jean Sibelius. That's a = warm-up for more of Vanska's conducting, later in the hour. =20 Beethoven: ...

For the past three years, Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield has been a part of a team composing what will be the first full opera ...

If at first you don't succeed, keep writing opera overtures. That's what Beethoven did. He composed a total of four overtures for the same opera. One of his early attempts is called the "Leonore ...

(La) Clemenza di Tito, Movements: Overture Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Christian Baldini, Conductor Elizabeth Watts, Soprano Scottish Chamber Orchestra (La) Clemenza di Tito, Movements: S'altro ...

Madison Opera will debut its first-ever production of Maria de Buenos Aires this Friday at the Overture Center for the Arts. Maria de Buenos Aires was first produced at the theater Sala La Planeta in ...

The greatest love story in opera, La Bohème remains eternally young. Set to a ravishing score, Puccini’s classic opera tells of the lives, loves, and losses of a group of young artists in a Bohemian ...