Anna Netrebko is a soprano fit for a queen. Her sound possesses the opulence and attention-grabbing power of a necklace dripping with jewels. She projects a regal, authoritative presence to match. If ...

They’re not called soap operas for nothing. For decades these overripe melodramas may have been steady fare on daytime TV, but they can definitely trace their parentage back to the Romantic opera ...

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The first act of Lyric Opera’s current production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena is visually stunning, vocally impressive, and dramatically compelling. The second act is visually stunning, vocally ...

Devotees of early Romantic Italian opera must have thought they had died and gone to bel canto heaven last week, when two masterpieces of that genre, neither of them overly familiar, opened in ...

Kneeling on stage after completing a heart-rending aria about her childhood home, Anna Netrebko felt the tumultuous applause wash over her — and smiled. It was a break in character for the tragic ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. "Anna Bolena is a magnificent, yet often-overlooked opera which rarely gets ...

Katie Couric arrives for opening night at the Metropolitan Opera. (Stephen Nessen) Martha Stewart arrives at the Met's opening night gala. (Stephen Nessen) Met General Manager Peter Gelb and wife Keri ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Once again, Melbourne Opera is thrilled to be working with Music Director of the ...

Anna Bolena is a tragic opera in two acts composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto recounting the life of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII. It ...