Following an acclaimed sold-out tour of the United Kingdom, Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's phenomenal musical success, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, sets out on a ...

Based on Gaston Leroux’s horror novel, The Phantom of the Opera tells the enticing story of a disfigured Phantom who haunts the depths of The Paris Opera House. Mesmerized by the talents and beauty of ...

The Phantom of the Opera will end its 35-year Broadway run on April 16. Still, Lloyd Webber longed to be thought of as a serious composer. He was proud that Cats was built around a fugue, and, like ...

Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a chance to add symphonic seasons, like at La Scala.

It’s not every day that musical theatre fans have access to professionally recorded music from their favorite musical. While shows will typically record an album with a production’s original cast, it ...

It’s been 40 years since Cincinnati Opera last staged a Broadway musical. After seeing the company’s new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Wednesday night, I have just one question: “Why?” Why ...

Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies. By Joshua Barone Reporting from Vienna In a rehearsal studio built on the grounds of old military ...

An overly simplified comparison of genre, when distinguishing between opera and musical theater, looks at the ratio of words to music. It claims that opera is “sung through” while musicals rely on ...

In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...

As fall fades away, the frost starts to appear on our windshields and the winter holidays are fast approaching. There’s the shopping and the cooking, and the gathering of family and friends. Things ...

The Woodland Opera House invites audiences to step into the warmth and wonder of the holiday season with ‘A Christmas Carol The Musical,’ opening Nov. 21 and running through Dec. 7. Based on Charles ...