What do 17th century Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi and 20th century writer and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois have in common? Aspects of their work have been juxtaposed in a new opera, ...

With a new opera season starting, at least via streaming or tourism, it might be a good time to ask what opera is. Opera is like the movies. There’s the broad term of movies but within that are dozens ...

In recent years, adaptation of acclaimed contemporary literary works to operas has become a prominent phenomenon in the creation of modern opera. This phenomenon is partly because outstanding literary ...