The myth that opera was born of a miracle dies hard. Musicologists no longer insist that what has proved to be a uniquely innovative art form for four centuries was the exclusive product of scholars ...

The Monteverdi Choir will join the English Baroque Soloists and Sir John Eliot Gardiner (far right) for a performance of Claudio Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" at Princeton University's Richardson Auditorium ...

Is it possible for one person to invent an entire form of art? It would seem like a tall order by any standard. For example, there is cave art as old as 30,000 years -- the earliest paintings ever ...

Zaragoza.- El Teatro Principal de Zaragoza recibirá el próximo 3 de junio “Il Vigilante Dio. Dúos de amor de Monteverdi”. Una nueva producción de la Asociación Aragonesa de la Ópera Miguel Fleta, en ...

The characters in Claudio Monteverdi’s opera “The Coronation of Poppea” are not content to rest on their laurels. In fact, no one in this inspired-by-true-events tale of the rise of Ancient Roman ...

El Teatro de la Maestranza acogerá el jueves y el sábado de esta semana la obra 'Lincoronazione di Poppea' de Claudio Monteverdi, sobre libreto de Gianvanni Francesco Busenello; la primera ópera ...

triple bill of one-acts, which opens Friday, March 26, at the Newmark Theatre, might put a tune in your head, just not one from any of the operas. Instead, you'll be thinking of that classic from ...

For centuries, opera was not only the most prestigious form of Western music but also the most political. Cohen observes that the invention of opera coincided with the emergence of the modern ...

"Ulysses," Monteverdi's 17th century opera, will play out in the Civil Rights-era South in Opéra Louisiane's unique new production. The idea belongs to Michael Borowitz, the company's musical director ...

In 2013, Silent Opera begins its three-year project to stage innovative performances of Monteverdi's trilogy of operas - staring with L'Orfeo, based upon the Greek legend of Orpheus. In the production ...

El reconocido director Jean-Christophe Spinosi dirigirá en el Gran Teatre del Liceu de Barcelona la última ópera del compositor Claudio Monteverdi, 'L'incoronazione di Poppea', interpretada en versión ...