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HOUGHTON — Houghton University’s Lyric Theatre is presenting the comic opera “La Serva Padrona” (“The Maid Turned Mistress”) beginning Thursday evening and at three venues through the weekend.

In David Alden’s production of Peter Grimes, the mob assembles before the music has even started – silhouetted at the back, muttering and menacing. Ah, Britten’s mob: simultaneously the source of some of the most electrifying, elemental choral writing since Mussorgsky and a licence for British directors to indulge in premium-strength snobbery. Fully endorsed by

Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North, opening at Manitoba Opera this fall, marks an important moment in the evolution of Indigenous-led opera in Canada

Community calendar events for listings in Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga, Yountville, American Canyon and greater Napa County.

Apple co-founder turns out to be a perfect subject for a contemporary opera that opened recently at the San Francisco Opera.

WESTERLY — John Robert Green, a versatile bass-baritone with a wide-ranging concert and operatic repertoire, will play the title role in Salt Marsh Operas upcoming production of Giuseppe Verdis comedic

“The Great White Way” took center stage recently at Coker University’s Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center.

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Raritan Headwaters Shedfest will feature live music by Hub Hollow, Collin J. Rocker, The Fermenters Trio and Joe Cirotti Trio, as well as food trucks, local craft beer and cider,