After 100 Years, an Operatic Masterpiece Keeps Shocking Us

Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” which premiered in the shadow of World War I, will break your heart with a score that captures the ...
Observer

The Met’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Andrea Chénier’ Is Marred By Miscast Doomed Lovers

The opera house’s current revival, its first in nearly a dozen years, features an attractive, HD-ready cast that only ...

Sexist, racist, ageist: Singapore Lyric Opera updates Mozart’s The Magic Flute

Singapore Lyric Opera updates Mozart's The Magic Flute to address sexist, racist, and ageist themes for contemporary audiences. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
9to5Mac

Opera’s AI browser gets ‘1-minute Deep Research’ mode, Gemini 3 Pro integration, more

Opera updated its AI-powered Neon browser today with a handful of welcome integrations and usability improvements. Here’s what’s new. Since its introduction a couple of months ago, Opera Neon has been ...
Star Tribune

Review: ‘Phantom of the Opera’ still stalker-ish after sublime refresh

OK, it’s hella creepy for a music teacher to keep a wax mannequin in a wedding dress that’s basically a 1-to-1 replica of his student. Eww. No wonder she keels over shortly after seeing it. Yet the ...
Cleveland.com

All by his friends: Eric Carmen’s musical legacy celebrated with rocking Lakewood Civic show

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- That’s rock ’n’ roll in Northeast Ohio. Exactly 50 years and a day after a then-newly solo Eric Carmen opened for The Beach Boys at the old Richfield Coliseum, friends and fans of ...
Soap Opera Digest

Are the Soaps Airing New Episodes on Thanksgiving? Here’s the Full Schedule

Every time a holiday rolls around, soap fans find themselves wondering if their favorite shows are going to be on or not. And with Thanksgiving falling on Thursday, November 27, many viewers are ...
Chicago Sun-Times

'She Who Dared' shines a powerful light on four overlooked heroines of the Civil Rights Movement

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A Century After Its Release, 1925’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ Is Still the Best Version of This Horror Story

French author Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera was released in 1910, based on rumors he'd heard about the Palais Garnier, the Paris opera house, one about a fire in the roof of the opera ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Billy Corgan's 'A Night of Mellon Collie' is at once intriguing and head spinning

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NPR

With 'Masquerade,' audiences can explore the world of 'The Phantom of the Opera'

When Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera closed on Broadway in April of 2023, after 35 years, it was the end of an era. But a new immersive version of the show – think of it as a remix – ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Carmen Pitre, Sojourner Family Peace Center CEO talks about her 24 years at the center

Carmen Pitre, Sojourner Family Peace Center CEO talks about her 24 years at the center, what got her there and the importance of partnerships.