The Baroque period (roughly 1600–1750) was a time of great creativity and change in music. Composers began to focus more on expressing emotions clearly and powerfully. One of the most important ideas ...

Pelléas et Mélisande, Claude Debussy’s only opera, first premiered in Paris in 1902 and plays at Koerner Hall until Sunday.

Giulio Cesare, the epic Baroque opera about the love story which shaped empires, will be presented by Cinballera Entertainment March 21-22, 2026 at the Shiley Theatre, USD. George Frideric Handel's ...

On April 27, Boston Baroque presented a thrilling production of one of the gems of baroque opera, George Frideric Handel’s opera “Ariodante,” which is a tale of love’s triumph over evil set in ...

Opera may not be the mother of modern performing arts — in terms of Greek theater, which was up and running 1200 years before Jacopo Peri’s Euridice first blew the minds of Florence, Italy, audiences ...

For some classical music lovers, nothing can compare to a well-executed baroque opera, with the machine of the orchestra clicking along and the singers filigreeing their da capo ornaments on top. It’s ...

The Old World similarities between New Orleans and Venice, Italy, have sparked a new chamber music ensemble in the Crescent City. The Louisiana Baroque Chamber Orchestra made its debut at the New ...

Celebrated organist Sebastián Durón was unrivalled in his ability to marry Italian Baroque opera with incandescent Iberian folklore, much to the delight of the Spanish Court. Winners of the Opus ...

This post was updated Nov. 6 at 10:34 p.m. “Rodrigo” marries elements of past and present pop culture into a spectacle of virtuosity and ambition. On the surface, the 1707 opera “Rodrigo” – written by ...

As a boy who played piano seriously and spoke Italian, Francesco Milioto was almost destined for opera. But conducting? For the Florentine Opera's music director, that journey began serendipitously.

NEW YORK — On Wednesday at St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral, Opera Lafayette gave the first of two concerts celebrating the 30-year career of its departing founder, artistic director and conductor, Ryan ...