For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

Ensemble singers Alexandra Kassouf, Lauryn Nelson, Benjamin Burney, J. Alfredo Jimenez and Brandan Sanchez fill many roles, ...

Edmond Dédé composed Morgiane 138 years ago, but his racial identity prevented the opera from receiving proper staging.

Opera Parallèle’s 15th Anniversary season will continue with the World Premiere of a co-commissioned opera, The Pigeon Keeper ...

James Conlon will conduct that classic as well as productions of ‘Falstaff' and ‘The Magic Flute' as he concludes his 20-year ...

The Sarasota Opera House will turn 100 shortly after the end of the 2026 winter season, which will include some old favorites ...

Pioneered by soprano Nina Evelyn and Opera on Tap board member Melynda Davis, this event brings together five artists to perform songs with themes of love, laughter and community. Evelyn and Davis ...

Sarasota Opera will open its 66th season this month with the double bill of Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria ...

A concert opera performance of Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane,” which is loosely based on a character in “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” will take the stage Friday at the Clarice Smith ...

The opening notes of the opera’s overture filled the same cathedral where Dédé was baptized in 1828 during a preview performance last Friday, as a part of The Historic New Orleans Collections ...