In opera, tradition often takes center stage. But director Alex Olle of La Fura dels Baus boldly reshapes timeless classics with realism, breathing fresh life into operatic experience while ...

The “fearful wood” of Felice Romani’s libretto remains, but is here transfigured by designer Alfons Flores from nature’s doing into something terribly and horribly man-made. Framing the stage’s church ...

Norma is an opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Felice Romani. It was first produced at La Scala in Milan on December 26, 1831. The opera is regarded as a leading example of the bel ...

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The second act of Bellini’s Norma contains two dramatic twists—one an act of solidarity and the other an act of self-immolation. After revealing that Druid priestesses Norma and Adalgisa are each ...

2 Photos: First Look at the Metropolitan Opera’s New Production of Bellini’s I PURITANI 3 Review Roundup: I PURITANI at the Metropolitan Opera 4 Video: Lisette Oropesa Sings Act II Aria From I ...

Thirty-five years ago, I visited Vienna on my first backpacking trip to Europe. I have a faint memory of touring the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Naturhistorisches Museum, Schönbrunn Palace, and ...

Combine a clandestine affair, a passionate love triangle, a strong female leader, tension between church and state, and division within a community, and you’ve got a story that feels all too familiar ...