Before last Sunday, I would never have recommended a “semi-staged” opera performance—that is, one which sacrifices some sets, costumes and stage movement to save costs while still allowing an audience ...

Opera Orlando was on the road this weekend, bringing a beautiful production of Dvořák’s “Rusalka” to the grounds of the Maitland Art Center. Think “The Little Mermaid” moves to Florida and, like many ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Most of the time in the opera world, the same perhaps 50 venerable classics are performed over and over again. They are great works, and it is worth hearing ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Howard/Metropolitan Opera Kristine Opolais and Eric Owens (left). Photo: Ken ...

Sally Mathews as an increasingly tormented Rusalka, with mermaid sisters Admirably upfront chorus nymphs (literally so as they shake their breasts in the refrains of their opening chorus), some clever ...

Garsington Opera is making the most of the embarrassment of musical riches Dvořák offers in his Rusalka – adding acrobats and aerialists to their staging for good measure, writes Ken Walton Did you ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dvořák's Rusalka (1901) is a tragic modern-day ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How many eels can one woman throw? Are there monsters in your basement? What do mermaids have in common with ...

The Metropolitan Opera salutes its music director this week with a streaming setlist of seven performances, each conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. The free streams are available starting at 7:30 PM ...