opera – Page 8 – People's World

April 23, 2015 By Mike Silverman

When King Philip II faces off against the Grand Inquisitor in "Don Carlo," they won't just be portraying history, they'll be making it.

April 1, 2015 By Ed Rampell

The overture to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1786 masterpiece "The Marriage of Figaro" is among the most popular in opera.

March 10, 2015 By Ed Rampell

L.A. Opera's production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville is one of those things that can make you feel glad to be alive

February 27, 2015 By Ed Rampell

A specter is haunting opera in this epic about revolution by Academy Award-winning composer John Corigliano and librettist William Hoffman.

February 12, 2015 By Eric A. Gordon

L.A. Opera has launched "a city-wide celebration of the revolutionary spirit of Beaumarchais' "Figaro."