It’s like “Top Chef” or “The Great British Bake Off,” but with opera. For the biennial Robert L.B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize, directors have about a month to form design teams — set, lighting, ...

The first time I saw an opera, I was sitting in the far rear of balcony seating, watching Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” unfold entirely in Italian. I did not speak Italian. I was too far ...

The final production of San Francisco Opera’s 2023 Fall Season marks the return Gaetano Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love (L’Elisir d’Amore) for a six-performance run at the War Memorial Opera House ...

Nemorino, a not-so-clever mechanic, has fallen for Adina, a school teacher. He desires her attention, but doesn’t feel worthy. Fortunately, he meets Dr. Dulcamara (most certainly a quack) who sells ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. There’s one quartet in The Elixir of Love, and it comes at the opera’s most critical moment, late in Act II. The ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The Santa Fe Opera is five-for-five this season, thanks to a well-sung and very amusing production of Gaetano ...

It was the little things in Arizona Opera's production of Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love" that made — and nearly broke — the performance Saturday night. • Estimable British tenor Barry Banks, as ...

A Lyric Opera of the North performance of "The Elixir of Love" on Friday was part of Duluth's 156th birthday celebrations. The mayor also showed off his acting chops.

A lot can change in 10 years. A decade ago, tenor Michael Fabiano was a rising star in the opera world. Now the in-demand singer performs regularly on some of the world's top stages, including New ...