Baritone Neil Reimer and soprano Amy Skeggles named their cat Despina, after a character in Mozart's opera Così fan tutte.Darren Stone, Times Colonist The land of limbo - that space between intensive ...

One of the few positives that has come out of the pandemic is that there has never been more opportunity to experience something new. Theatre, ballet and opera companies have quickly realised that ...

For the uninitiated, an evening at the opera may sound more like a chore than a fun-filled night of entertainment. But opera has a rich, centuries-old history and can be a culturally rewarding ...

There are at least two juicy specimens in the traditional operatic repertoire that most people would consider candidates for the title of Best Beginner’s Opera. The qualifications? Start with a ...

Ah, the opera. Ladies in magnificently bedazzled gowns. Men in top hats and tails. A scene straight from Wharton's "Age of Innocence." You're curious about the opera, but afraid it's too rich for your ...

Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Iestyn Davies, whose Orpheus will be amid the tumblers, dancers and acrobats, ...

It normally takes years of training in music and drama to become an opera singer. But for their roles in Verdi's La Traviata, 10 teenagers have had just seven weeks to prepare. Tonight they will be ...

Photo by Christine BrandeSo you want a gateway opera—somethingwith a plot thick enough to keep your head up during the shrieking and no female Wagnerians in pointed bras vaulting up and down the scale ...

I'm not, however, a complete lost cause. Thanks to a clutch of oh-so-benevolent friends, which include music critics, drum and base DJs, folk singer/songwriters, classical choristers and such, I've ...