‘I never choose the cautious option’: Royal Opera’s Jakub Hrůša on collaboration, control and conducting Wagner

One year into the role, the Royal Opera’s music director is taking on the challenge of Parsifal, and, next season, the Ring Cycle. I’m here, and I am courageous says the conductor ...

Opera for New Yorkers: Mamdani and the Met’s 70,000-Ticket Giveaway

The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to give away 70,000 tickets a year.
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A lesser-known influence on jazz music: opera

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...

San Francisco Opera musicians say music director would resign if orchestra strikes

San Francisco Opera's opening night was thrown into crisis Saturday after orchestra musicians went on strike, saying they ...