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At the ongoing Two Sessions, Peking Opera actress Dong Yuanyuan proposed integrating the art of Peking Opera with digital technology to vie for more young audiences.

Puccini's trio of one-act operas are rarely performed together, but Scottish Opera make a supreme case for honouring the composer's wishes

The Paris Opera on Saturday appointed 23-year-old dancer Guillaume Diop to its Etoile category, the first time a black person has received the ballet's coveted top rank.

HUDSON — The town of Hudson and HUB Station present the musical comedy, “Madame Buttermilk,” on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, March 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 and April 1.

Now 18, and with her third opera on stage, the composer talks about about her drive to make melody matter again

When the curtain rose on the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Lohengrin on Feb 26, the audience got a taste of the Oscar-winning art director and costume designer Tim Yip's vision of Richard Wagner's romantic opera, which premiered in 1850 and was one of the highlights of the composer's career.

The voluntary retirement program started in 2016 and acts as a supplement to existing pension programs in the country, such as the Government Service Insurance System and the Social Security System.

The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.

Sonya Yoncheva doesn’t fill out the long lines of “Norma” at the Met, while Angel Blue is a warm, sincere Violetta in “La Traviata.”

Donizetti’s creaking Venetian tragedy is lifted by excellent singing and pungent playing. But this made-for-touring production feels small