Who says the story is everything in opera? In the Spanish-language opera “Maria de Buenos Aires,” composer Astor Piazzolla and librettist Horacio Ferrer offer only the barest outline of a plot: A ...

Founded by Elisabetta Russo, Italian Opera LAb in Los Angeles offers free training to young singers while preserving Italy’s ...

Inside a brightly lit rehearsal hall tucked into a North Austin industrial park, two performers speak earnestly in Spanish. A hanging sheet of plastic serves as a rehearsal door. They open and shut it ...