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Claus Ihlemann and Robert Roman — who themselves have felt the ugliness of anti-gay bigotry — knew that Virginia Opera needed a hand to put on "Fellow Travelers."

A new opera production of La Boheme will premiere at the Shanghai Grand Theater on Feb 10.

Ahead of his hotly awaited Tristan und Isolde for Grange Park, the celebrated designer explains why the art form is entering a new era

'I can't let go of it," young Peking Opera performer Gu Zhaohui says, when asked why he stuck to the traditional art form, which saw a significant decline in its appeal during the late 1980s.

His directorial talents embrace opera, theatre, dance, visual arts and film. As he brings Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" to the Opera Bastille in Paris, Peter Sellars tells us about the lessons the "total…

"Don’t get in a lift with Plácido Domingo" - a well-known warning given to women in opera circles according to a Spanish singer who used to work with the world-famous tenor.

Some 7-Eleven store owners have resorted to blaring classical music to deter homeless individuals from loitering outside their stores.

Opera star Placido Domingo faced new accusations of sexual harassment from a fellow Spanish singer in a television programme broadcast on Sunday, three years after such claims prompted an apology and…

Read the legendary performance artist Marina Abramovic's contribution to the forthcoming book 'Last Days of the Opera.'

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