Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Malmö Opera had their opening night of Funny Girl with the restriction of ...

A costume sketch for the character Moore from “The Dragon of Wantley” by Seth Bodie, costume designer. Poking fun at the lofty conventions of opera is a practice that’s almost as old as opera itself.

MICHAEL Haneke, the acclaimed Austrian filmmaker whose “Funny Games” opens today, will be directing an opera by another native of his homeland, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Haneke’s version of “Cosi von ...

What's new in opera? Everything you can imagine--and much that you couldn't conceive of, all in the space of a few days in New York. After seeing that PBS' Great Performances was airing the Jimmy ...

The greatest feature of art is its ability to reflect life. Art can offer an escape in many forms during a contentious, stressful election year such as this, whether through film, music, television, ...

The sheer familiarity of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera, can blind one to its inherent oddness. It draws on a range of influences, from ancient Egyptian symbolism and freemasonry to ...