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 ...

Sir Karl Jenkins celebrates his 75th birthday with a new piano album of his best-loved works and two new compositions. The pieces, performed by Sir Karl himself, are the first chance we have had to ...

Richard Wagner was the consummate man of the theater and one of the greatest opera composers in history. As an intellectual, he was a fascinating paradox of pragmatism and idealism — had it not been ...

(Le) Domino noir, '(The) Black domino', Movements: Overture Estonian National Symphony Orchestra Neeme Järvi, Conductor (La) Muette de Portici (Masaniello), Movements: Overture Estonian National ...

Riccardo Chailly has had a recording contract with Decca for 30 years, which has followed him through his association with four orchestras. It began with the Berlin Radio Symphony in the 1980s, then ...

The oldest form of musical theater is finding new life and conceivably a new audience via the iPod. The Los Angeles Opera’s initial podcasts have proven surprisingly popular, and the company has now ...

This sparkling recording features the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Christian Baldini conducting a personal selection of arias from six of Mozart's well-loved operas, alongside their respective ...

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 ...

Tnot quite tall enough to see over the seat in front of you. Especially when they sing the darn thing in some language you`ve never even heard of, let alone just plain heard before. Such were the ...

After endorsing marriage equality, Ireland surprised Germany for the second time last week by showing it can also do opera. The Wexford Festival Opera was given an enthusiastic reception in Berlin on ...

Rossini's best overtures all on one disc! If you don't know these tunes by name, you'll know them from countless soundtracks and TV commercials, as they seem to capture the vivacity and colour of ...