DRESS REHERSAL: For Maison Lesage artistic director Hubert Barrère, the June 21 premiere of “Zémire et Azor,” the opéra-comique — a genre of French opera with dialogue as well as sung segments — will ...

The Opéra Comique has stood, in one form or another, on the discreet Place Boieldieu in central Paris since 1783, making it one of the oldest performance sites in the city. Its current home, a ...

It was momentous news. But it wasn’t really a surprise. Last week, Louis Langrée, music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, announced that French President Emmanuel Macron had appointed him ...

Join the Sinfonietta Bel Canto in its celebration of the elegant 19th-century French music, presenting Daniel François Auber’s “Le Concert à la cour ou La Débutante,” an opéra-comique in one act, and ...

One thing I firmly believe about my job is simply this: if you're going to dish it out, as I occasionally do, you have to be able to take it. In putting together my column for this past Sunday I ...

Last week, in Manhattan, the Little Opera of America, Inc., presented an Opera Comique, Mandragola. Those who attended were familiar with the Little Opera’s contention that the U. S. public will pay ...

MANY bows have passed over the bridges in our concert halls in the past few weeks, but all of this fiddling has failed to violinist who can be reveal any new considered a menace to the Messrs. Elman, ...