NEW YORK — When talk turns to whether the Metropolitan Opera should put on old works — like 1709 old — habits die hard. The story has been told for decades that intimate Baroque operas will vanish in ...

While Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea takes place within the tyrannical reign of the Emperor Nero, Handel’s Agrippina, written 60 years later, charts the lead-up to the mean fiddler’s accession ...

It is a popular saying in theater that "dying is easy, comedy is hard." In Boston Lyric Opera's (BLO) "Agrippina," the actors have to do both. Fortunately for audiences, they do it well. The opera is ...

English Touring Opera will return to stages across the UK this autumn with 'Handelfest', showcasing three of Handel's finest operas - Ottone, Agrippina and Tamerlano - giving audiences up and down the ...

The cast, orchestra and conductor of David Pountney’s new Zurich production, which had opened the previous Monday (11 May), arrived at the Royal Festival Hall for a rescheduled matinée performance of ...

True to form, Jacobs directs a larger-than-life performance of crackling theatrical energy, using most of the singers from the production he conducted in Berlin in 2009. The recitatives make the ...