R.B. Schlather’s vibrant staging of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare,” playing in the Hudson Valley, is a bright spot in a bleak ...

N.Y. The director R.B. Schlather gathered the cast of Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” for a quick pep talk before running through the opera last weekend. Not all the costumes were ready ...

Bass baritone Douglas Ray Williams relied on over-played masculine bluster as Achilla. In the role of Tolomeo, countertenor ...

“We are creating a new adaptation of one of the master’s greatest works,” said Protopapas. The last Handel opera performed by OSB was in 2022 with Semele. “It is one of the most entertaining and ...

“The Big Why.” There’s a similar community in the works at Hudson Hall, where Williams will return as Achilla for the second of director R.B. Schlather’s trilogy of operas by George Frideric Handel.

In 2024, Aci by the River introduced a darkly witty take from director Jack Furness, transporting us up the Thames and on to a film set where the Cyclops was incarnated as a tyrannical Italian film ...

Learning to sing opera has changed the life of Linda Collazo. The Hunts Point native has performed at Carnegie Hall three times, and now she's hoping music will help change the lives of children ...

Jakub Hrůša’s first season as Music Director sees eight new opera productions and a brand new festival exploring opera and technology The Royal Ballet and Opera has unveiled its 2025/26 Season, ...

This month brings a shower of new podcasts for your playlist. The NPR One team gathered a few returning favorites as well as some fresh releases from across public media. The podcast episode ...