Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t ...

At long last, vindication is at hand for an Oscar-winning composer who sought to prove he was as capable of breathing life ...

Production features a libretto by Lebanon’s Antoine Maalouf and musical support from China’s Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra ...

Few art forms are as burdened by canons as classical music and opera. That, perhaps, is why I love to be surprise ...

Offering Cantonese Opera as an optional subject in primary and secondary school curricula has been only partially successful.

Katey Sagal has made a career of playing iconic TV moms, but the actress started in music. Katey sang backup vocals for Bette ...

Tracks like Tonight, Tonight," "1979," and "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" were transformed for a full operatic cast and orchestra. By Jessica Lynch Billy Corgan debuted the long-anticipated operatic ...

Billy Corgan teamed up with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness, an opera concert series which premiered on Friday at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. At the ...

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New York composer and conductor James Lowe worked closely with Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan to adapt the 30-year-old album for a show that’s more Mozart than rock. So perhaps it comes as ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

It won’t whip the llama’s ass, but Opera has added a Spotify visualizer to its latest iteration of its free Opera One browser. Known as Sonic, the visualizer will be part of Opera’s Dynamic Themes, ...