The best time to visit Oslo is from May to August when the temperatures rise and there are surprisingly affordable room rates available, though these options often fill up fast. Daytime temps ...

Huang Ruo’s “The Monkey King,” based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel “Journey to the West” in which a ...

On a whim 25 years ago, Guyana native Jonnet Solomon purchased the building that once housed the National Negro Opera Company ...

ARIANA MATER, the opera by Kaija Saariaho, who died last summer at 70, won this year's Grammy for Best Opera Recording, for ...

Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: “Die Tote Stadt,” in Boston, and “L’Amant Anonyme,” ...

The Norwegian soprano talks about her upcoming Met performance in Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” meeting Angelina Jolie and loving ...

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

Years ago, I lived in New York City and had season tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. Though loving most kinds of classical music, opera was not one of them. I nodded off at concerts (much to the ...

Oslo, the dynamic capital of Norway, blends modern architecture with breathtaking natural scenery. Iconic landmarks like the ...

Snøhetta's Oslo Opera House was also recently named as the most significant building of 2007 in Dezeen's latest series, which lists the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century so far.

When Claus Guth’s new Royal Opera staging of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception. Taking away reference to the local ...

It was nicely appropriate that one of the ovations on first night should be for conductor Jakub Hrusa, who was making his maiden appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera House.