Who likes listening to old stories sung in foreign languages? Yes, I’m talking about opera. If you’re most people, the answer is probably, “Not me.” For the first three centuries of its existence, ...

Every discipline of learning has a textbook that is essential for acquiring a certain skill. This hallmark tool is used so widely throughout a field of study that it becomes a joke. It can even be a ...

Many of Composer Pietro Mascagni’s loud and pessimistic utterings seem prompted by a great personal grievance based on the failure of all his operas since Cavalleria in Rusticana. But his grounds for ...

It's a full house at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles where Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is performing a mix of Italian and French arias, Spanish and Mexican songs in a recital ...

Symphony San Jose will have crowds going gaga for Giacomo Puccini on Saturday and Sunday as it pays tribute to the legendary Italian composer on the 100th anniversary of his death. The show, ...