About opera

Pelleas and Melisande: Opera in five acts by Claude Debussy
Pelléas and Mélisande is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from

Tristan and Isolde: Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based

What is Opera buffa? The new genre of comic opera in the first half of the 18th century
When thinking about lyric opera, the classic image of the comedy and tragedy masks often comes to mind. Many early

Covid fan tutte: A comic opera about life during the pandemic
This is neither a typo nor a slip. The Finnish National Opera commissioned and produced “Covid fan tutte”, a comic

Verdi’s Macbeth: “The opera without a love affair!”
Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions

Christmas operas: Surveying trends throughout history
Our homes and streets are once again decorated for the most engaging holiday of the year: Christmas. There are many