NEW YORK — Change has come to the Metropolitan Opera House. The largest repertory opera in the world is in the throes of innovation, simulcasting performances in HD theaters, introducing Sunday ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend and I attended a pre-recorded broadcast of a live opera performance, and during the applause segment, we began quietly discussing aspects of the performance. At the time, ...

Welcome to Do It For The Applause, a series in which we ask performers, writers, business leaders, and public figures to think about the notion of applause and what it means to them. Today, we hear ...

Keith Miller played professional football for the Denver Broncos until he decided to become an opera singer.Now he’s traveling all over the world catching applause from the crowds instead of the ...

This weekend’s performance by the Inland Northwest Opera was outstanding in both its performance as well as its focus on safety. As Dawn Wolski, the general and artistic director, noted before the ...

A great classic opera, a cast of strong and impassioned singers and players, beautifully designed sets. It would be hard to find a more compelling trifecta of talent than Seattle Opera displays in the ...

Pianist Yael Kareth signals to her co-pianist Alexander Ivanov from across the stage as the two of them, together, provide the musical backbone that allows the voice talents which shine in the Israeli ...

Without Ken Howard, an awful lot of opera productions wouldn't look nearly as good as they do. The three-story-tall paintings depicting rivers can be seen in the Sculpture Hall until next year. Lots ...

Daniel Okulitch (Abdul) & Anna Christy (Kitty) in "The Last Savage." (Ken Howard) SANTA FE, N.M. • There's no question about it: For opera lovers, Santa Fe is the place to be in July and August. Gian ...

Young, brilliant, virtuous. A shower of applause at the Cagliari Opera House for the debut of the Belgian violinist Marc Bouchkov and the German pianist Christopher Park. The second appointment with ...