In 1954, the Oscar-winning composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold staged a European homecoming with a new operetta. How this came ...

The MET stages a silly romance in Lehar’s ‘The Merry Widow’ At 11 a.m. Saturday, the august Metropolitan Opera bravely will transmit Franz Lehár’s “The Merry Widow” to the world. A warning: If you ...

Count Orlofsky is shown in Palm Beach Opera's production of "Die Fledermaus" in 2019. First Coast Opera puts on "Die Fledermaus" on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Provided by Palm Beach Opera First Coast Opera ...

Things are fiscally tight in Pontevedro, the fictional Balkan principality, unless its ambassador to France can persuade the widow Hanna Glawari to keep her fortune in the country and save it from ...

OPERA San Antonio (OSA), in collaboration with the Classical Music Institute (CMI), will fill the Tobin Center with jaunty jigs and moving ballads in its two-performance run of The Pirates of Penzance ...

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Jonas Kaufmann will release MAGISCHE TÖNE on April 10, 2026 via Sony Classical. Recorded with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and conducted by Dirk Kaftan, the album features operetta favorites ...

THE BASICS: IOLANTHE, OR THE PEER AND THE PERI, a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, directed by Lisa Berglund. 11/16-23 with one remaining performance at 2:00 this Sunday 11/23. Presented by Opera-Lytes at ...

Elaine Crane, who plays Wynn Somme in Valley Light Opera’s “The McAdo,” rehearses at the Academy of Music. Kathy Blaisdell, who plays “Katishaugh” in Valley Light Opera’s “The McAdo,” rehearses at the ...

Maryland Opera's fifth season opens with "Ritorna Vincitor!" featuring a return to fully staged productions with Act 2 of Die Fledermaus plus famous entrance arias and scenes on Saturday, November 12, ...