With a new opera season starting, at least via streaming or tourism, it might be a good time to ask what opera is. Opera is like the movies. There’s the broad term of movies but within that are dozens ...

The introduction of American composer Samuel Barber’s riveting first opera, “Vanessa,” was marked by uncommon splendor: It had its premiere by the venerable Metropolitan Opera in January 1958, won a ...

Since 2012, Opera Australia has presented the romantic favourite on December 31 in the Joan Sutherland Theatre. This year, the company has attracted Kovalevska to appear as the heroine Mimi, a role ...