The opera’s allure has drawn in movie stars, socialites, royalty, and more throughout the years.

Audiences packed the house for a new production of “Tristan und Isolde.” They also came prepared, with (at least) five different forms of coffee.

A little more than a century ago, a handful of Cleveland’s leading women founded The Cleveland Institute of Music. “They ...

Ten years after composer Jake Heggie first had the idea of writing “Intelligence,” an opera based on the true story of two Civil War-era women who spied on the Confederacy, an album recording of the ...

Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know how you do it,” the tenor recently told BBC Radio 3. In the same interview, ...

What makes a “grand opera” grand? Well, in part, it’s the sheer number of artists involved, reviewer Page Laws says.