Director Edward Berger previews his new "pop opera" film Ballad of a Small Player, and discusses why it is the perfect follow-up to his hit, Conclave. The helmer teases what to expect from Colin ...

A collaboration between avant-garde trio The Tiger Lillies and Opera North demonstrates that musical theatre really does make strange bedfellows. The originality of Lulu: A Murder Ballad fulfils ...

“‘The Ballad of Baby Doe’ shows a man who breaks down and realizes his own failings in real-time,” he said. “Not every opera can say this is a real man. This is feasible (that) this is how it happened ...

A poor young woman divorces her husband over his drinking, gambling and philandering, then catches the eye of a rich man almost twice her age — who leaves his wife for her. A telenovela plot? No, it ...

Drop-In Artmaking -- 1-4 p.m., Durand/Estes Rooms at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org. Opera in the Ozarks -- "Cendrillon," 3 p.m., Inspiration Point near Eureka Springs.

Just don't call it a psychological thriller: "I personally would probably just call it a pop opera that is the explosive attack of the senses." Acclaimed director Edward Berger feels that he doesn't ...