Mefistofele is an opera in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue, the only completed opera with music by the Italian composer-librettist Arrigo Boito (there are several completed operas for which he ...

NEW YORK — The best that can be said for some recent Metropolitan Opera productions — “Samson et Dalila” and “Tosca,” I’m looking at you — is that they don’t actively hinder the works being performed.

Dec. 25—Opera Southwest is bringing "Mefistofele" to New Year's Eve. Composer Arrigo Boito's 1868 opera will be the concert centerpiece of the Sunday, Dec. 31, performance at the National Hispanic ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Following the success of their production of ‘Mefistofele’ back in 2015, the Knoxville Opera will once again stage the famous Italian opera at the historic Tennessee Theatre.

When the curtain closed in March 2020, representatives of Knoxville Opera had two options: Let their sliver of the local arts scene go dark, or compose new ways to reach the community. "Our opera ...

MOUNT VERNON — Although Halloween has passed, Pacific Northwest Opera is keeping the ghoulish spirit of fall alive with its second weekend of “Mefistofele,” an Italian opera about a deal with the ...

For a charismatic fellow who's usually cast as ne'er-do-wells--if not downright villains--and is quite good at making you love to hate him, in person, rising star bass-baritone Christian Van Horn ...

The spectacular Robert Carsen production returns to the Met for the first time since 2000, with bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the diabolical title character, tenor Michael Fabiano as Faust, and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — COVID-19 led to theatre closures throughout the nation, and in East Tennessee, the Knoxville Opera has not had a fully-staged opera in two years. Now the opera is inviting ...

NEW YORK — The best that can be said for some recent Metropolitan Opera productions — “Samson et Dalila” and “Tosca,” I’m looking at you — is that they don’t actively hinder the works being performed.