Elektra marks a transition for Richard Strauss from the melodic language in his early tone poems to an expansive instrumentation of vast harmonic possibility. The opera is so demanding ...

Long-awaited production of “The Monkey King,” adapted by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang from the classic 16th-century ...

there are productions of Wagner’s “Parsifal,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Richard Strauss’ “Elektra,” and more. The season opens Sept. 5, beginning with the company’s annual “Opera ...

Other season highlights include a June 2026 staging of Gioachino Rossini’s iconic 19th-century comedy The Barber of Seville and Richard Strauss’ Greek mythology-fueled Elektra. A special concert for ...

In the second act it was paradoxically not the Czechness of the score that struck anew so much as the echoes of Sibelius in the throbbing string figure that opens the act or of Richard Strauss’s ...

It’s a Friday night and a frisson of anticipation ripples through the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. A bumper crowd has turned out to witness the endurance test that is about to unfold for the ...

The San Francisco Opera has again scheduled pared down offerings for its 2025-26 season, citing the ongoing challenges in the post-pandemic world that plague the company and other arts institutions.

Jenufa at the Royal Opera House review: symbolic, psychologically probing and more potent than ever - 4/5 This revival was Jakub Hrusa’s first production as Covent Garden’s music director designate – ...

Guest conductor Thomas Guggeis makes U.S. orchestral debut Friday, leading stylized interpretations of works by Strauss, ...