An opera is a musical play performed on stage with costumes, scenery and props. Opera began in Italy in the 16th Century and was performed at court to entertain royalty. It soon became the ideal ...
A leading opera star who is appearing on stage in a highly sexualised part has taken a swipe at Miley Cyrus for her provocative twerking. Danielle de Niese said her appearance in Francesco Cavalli's ...
Throw enough money at opera and this is an art form that can respond with a lavishness no other can match. Louis XIV was certainly not short of cash and the emergence of a national French opera during ...