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Seattle Opera's production of George Bizet's classic heightens the contrast between the story's tragic and comedic elements.

When New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard heard his name announced as a winner of the first of his four Grammy Awards, he turned to his wife and kissed her. Such an ordinary thing. It's what people ...

An opera slated to open at the Met in New York has stirred very strong feelings beyond the arts community. "The Death of Klinghoffer" is based on a real and recent tragedy: the hijacking of an Italian ...

"We'll be almost exactly at three months from the date of the shooting when the concert is held," said Gabriel Preisser, the Executive and Artistic Director of Opera Orlando. "Over this time, we've ...

Andrew Stenson plays Pvt. Danny Chen in An American Soldier, a new opera about the hazing and death of the Chinese-American soldier from New York City. About two years ago, playwright David Henry ...

Chen's character, played by Stenson (second from left), drills with his battalion in Afghanistan in a scene from An American Soldier. About two years ago, playwright David Henry Hwang turned down an ...