Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American soprano Renee Fleming performs at a dress rehearsal for a Metropolitan Opera production of 'The Merry Widow' in New York ...

Billy Corgan, the bold rocker of Smashing Pumpkins fame, is entering his opera era. Corgan will stage a world-premiere show at Lyric Opera of Chicago in November. The new project, announced Tuesday as ...

Every few years, you'll hear a familiar refrain: "Opera is dying." National surveys point to slumping attendance at live performances. Audiences are aging, leaving fewer fans to fill seats at ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies (THE ...

Christos Makridis is also a co-founder of Living Opera and the Living Opera Foundation and founder of CM Culture Management. He is also an affiliate and contributor to several think tank communities ...