There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

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Re: “Looking for fresh opera offerings,” Feb. 23 letter to the editor The letter writer states that Opera Colorado is programming “the same old stuff over and over” and he, therefore, has not “been in ...

Did I want a selfie? Javier Milei, the President of Argentina, was offering. So many of his supporters wanted them; the Internet is full of pictures of him with ecstatic fans, regional leaders, and ...

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“The Righteous,” having its world premiere at the Santa Fe Opera this summer, is the second collaboration of composer Gregory Spears and librettist Tracy K. Smith. Like their first, “Castor and ...

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The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Contrary to what some might think, space opera isn’t an ...

Harry Sever, at the tender age of 32, is working on the Ring Cycle. Conductors have waited their whole lives before being given a chance to delve fully into Wagner’s sprawling, daunting, unfathomable ...

Step back a few decades and studio recordings of operas featuring the day’s biggest stars were frequent flagship projects for many major labels. Sometimes they’d preserve a production from an opera ...