Why include traditional Georgian dance in a production of “Macbeth”? For the opera, the action director wanted something visceral: “I wanted to actually smell the sweat.” ...

Which long-running cartoon features this protagonist: he's got round ears, an iconic yellow sweater, and a snarky little sister? If you immediately pictured an animated, 8-year-old aardvark, you've ...

Jenny Lee Mitchell aka Muffy Styler began singing as a teenager and first concentrated on classical opera technique studying first in her hometown of New York City and then in Germany where she ...

The Opera for All Free Ticket Initiative will distribute 70,000 free tickets to New Yorkers over the course of the season. Free buses? Free Broadway tickets? And now, free opera! The Metropolitan ...

Uit het interview met Arthur Japin in de Volkskrant vorige week kon je opmaken dat hij best een idee heeft van wat een schrijver van een operatekst zou moeten doen en laten. ‘Darlings killen’ deed de ...

Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. The opera pump is a flat shoe that has been buffed, lacquered, and ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, CA — Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) is pleased to announce the election of Arthur G. Swalley as its Board Chair. The ...

“I look forward to working with Arthur as we enter this exciting new stage in our company’s history,” said Kostis Protopapas, OSB’s artistic and general director. “His experience on stage, deep ...

The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur battered parts of the southeastern United States with drenching rains and strong wind on Thursday, tearing through buildings, flooding homes and launching water ...

Arthur, a short-lived tropical storm and the first of this year's Atlantic hurricane season, lost some punch Wednesday after making landfall along the Gulf Coast of Texas. But it still has the ...

The first named storm of the hurricane season weakened Wednesday night, but forecasters warned that it still posed a threat of massive amounts of rain and continued flash flooding. The heavy rain and ...

Marty Lonn Larson, known mainly by the drag persona "Muffy Rosenberg," was a classic '80s queen. Muffy had the big earrings. The bigger hair. She danced on top of bar tables. She was a drag mother.