Ever since its roots in the 17th century, opera has been concerned with the interrelation of love and politics, balancing the unswayable force of one and the power plays of the other. Few early works ...

The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...

“The Comet/Poppea” radically pares down a classic and blends it with a premiere by George E. Lewis for an original show that will travel widely. By Seth Colter Walls Morality takes a hike in Claudio ...

F our years ago, the Leeds-based Opera North and South Asian Arts came up with a bold plan to collaborate on an opera. Opening this week, Monteverdi’s 1607 Orfeo – one of the earliest known operas, a ...

The characters in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “The Coronation of Poppea” are not content to rest on their laurels. In fact, no one in this inspired-by-true-events tale of the rise of Ancient Roman ...

Through Monteverdi’s later works, such as the scena Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (The Battle of Tancred and Clorinda), and his final surviving opera, L’incoronazione di Poppea (The ...

Is it possible for one person to invent an entire form of art? It would seem like a tall order by any standard. For example, there is cave art as old as 30,000 years -- the earliest paintings ever ...

The little OPERA theatre of ny will present a livestream concert of Monteverdi & Other Treasures from the Seicento on Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:30pm ET. The production will offer an optional immersive ...

Worldwide there will be performances in churches, concert halls and opera houses of his works, which include this 1610 Vespers and other liturgical settings, eight books of madrigals, and his three ...

Award-winning travel writer Claire Wrathall began her career at Vogue, going on to join the team that launched Condé Nast Traveller in the UK. She travels the world reporting on hotels that take ...