Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giuseppe Verdi composed "La Traviata" in 1853, when the operatic "mad scene" was still in vogue. A character facing a grim future ...

It's easy to think of opera as little more than an affected flock of singers warbling onstage in lacy brocade with pancake makeup, chandeliers and champagne. For a film built almost completely from ...

Well, you have to give the Met credit for accomplishing a feat no other opera company in the world could—or should. At Tuesday’s gala new production of La Traviata, the company managed to downgrade ...

Terrence McNally's travails on the British stage look unlikely to be eased entirely by London's first "Lisbon Traviata." The Off Broadway hit has taken 18 years, and a bewildering array of accents and ...

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This revival of Richard Eyre’s handsome staging features two exceptional leads in Lisette Oropesa and Liparit Avetisyan, amply supported by conductor Antonello Manacorda Richard Eyre’s handsome 1994 ...