An aura of fear and prejudice circulates toxically around the idea of opera. It can seem to be ensconced smugly at the top of the tree of cultural activities – expensive, exclusive and encoded, hedged ...

"Opera can blow you away or bore you to death," admits Julian Evans, composer of Scottish Opera's first full-scale professional opera for children, The Minotaur. He and the rest of the creative team ...

With a new opera season starting, at least via streaming or tourism, it might be a good time to ask what opera is. Opera is like the movies. There’s the broad term of movies but within that are dozens ...

Opera is a sung stage drama set to music which usually plays continuously throughout the performance. What is the difference between opera and musicals? Musicals are plays with music; the music is ...

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new online resource: the Career Guide for Opera. This new database, available on the OPERA ...

Cymraeg Gwefan Cardiff Singer of the World yn y Gymraeg (Cardiff Singer of the World website in Welsh) Graeme Kay's guide to opera, from Aida to Zauberflöte. Opera is a sung stage drama set to music ...

This week, five great operas that have dared to take on the establishment, and how to find the best versions on YouTube Also in this series: love stories | comedies | sex | fairy tales | marital hell ...