Los Angeles Opera revives its Phelim McDermott production of Philip Glass' 'Akhnaten' with a new cast headed by countertenor John Holiday and with Dalia Stasevska conducting.

It’s one thing to be a multi-disciplinary artist tackling traditional and experimental works and your own creations. That’s impressive but happens. It’s quite another to craft wildly diverse opera ...

If you think opera is static and stodgy, head to the top of the parking garage at 2nd and PCH in Long Beach. There, from May 21 to May 23, director James Darrah is staging an experimental (and ...

"When I started out, people thought I was going to laugh at him," Glass said recently in an interview with The Guardian. "But I see Walt Disney as an icon of modernity, a man able to build bridges ...

Update: Portland Opera says the deal to record "Orphee" is on. It's taken a while and the final details aren't nailed down, but is "98 percent" likely to make its first commercial recording. The opera ...

What happened this past Friday night in the University of Michigan’s Power Center theater can’t really be called an opera, at least in traditional terms. But what became apparent during its duration ...

By my count, Philip Glass has written 28 operas, the same number as Verdi. The count is iffy because Glass pushes the boundaries between what we tend ...