Five hours of brilliance: This is opera at its biggest, boldest and dazzling best

After splintering a sword, killing a dragon and scaling a fire-covered mountain, not to mention waging a stentorian battle against 100 instrumentalists for 5½ hours, Simon O’Neill, as Siegfried, rose ...

‘Mellon Collie’ with a mezzo-soprano: How the Smashing Pumpkins’ ’90s rock album became an opera

New York composer and conductor James Lowe worked closely with Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan to adapt the ...
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OPERA REVIEW: Valley Light Opera’s ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ impresses with standout vocals and stunning design

Fifty years after it launched with "H.M.S. Pinafore," community spirit is still the wind in this company's sails ...