The programs will feature a concert performance of Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle, the overture from Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer, selections from Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande and Gounod's Roméo et ...

As opera houses rework Puccini’s classic, criticized for stereotypes about women and Japanese culture, artists of Asian descent are playing a central role. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

HOUSTON, February 21, 2024 — The Big Swim, a new chamber opera celebrating the Lunar New Year, premiered to three sold-out performances at Asia Society Texas on February 16–18. The one-act children's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A classic opera that has aged problematically will be viewed through a new lens in Detroit Opera’s take on Puccini’s “Madame ...

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A classic opera that has aged problematically will be viewed through a new lens in Detroit Opera’s take on Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly,” opening Saturday, Oct. 7. The sometimes troublesome tale of a ...

Melody Chang Heaton has never been one to sit idle, as evidenced by her current roles as the executive director of the Asian Opera Alliance and the communications and marketing director for the ...

The wildly popular Italian opera takes place in Japan when a 15-year-old Japanese girl, Cio-Cio-San (aka Madame Butterfly), falls in love with an American naval officer stationed in Nagasaki named B.F ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Opera Grand Rapids (OGR) unveiled its trailblazing 2025-26 season, “East Meets Midwest: Celebrating Asian Brilliance and Artists from Michigan,” at its annual gala last week. The ...