The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

The first opera of the season at the French Opera House marked the start of the New Orleans’ social season. The massive 80-foot tall opera house, which opened in 1859 at the corner of Bourbon and ...

How does a French opera set in 1820s Spain become one of the most popular operas of all time? Just ask a French conductor. ’s production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” “These tunes are so richly inspired that ...

If you enjoy opera or would like to learn more about this wonderful art form, you will have fun exploring Italian and French operas with Mr. Cascia. This class will listen to some of the greatest ...

Bourbon Street — where Dixieland jazz competes with karaoke bars, rock 'n' roll cover bands and strip club jukeboxes — is also one of the first places in America where opera was heard. Now, it's being ...

This weekend, The A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts will present operas it probably would not have explored had it not been for the pandemic. It has ...

To local singer Abigail Zieger, opera is more than just a form of entertainment. It’s an experience and a journey. “I…love that opera has musical depth,” she said via e-mail. “You do not tire of a ...

A merchant tries to sell his shrewish wife in one of two French comic operas to be staged by the Stetson University Opera Theatre. The troupe will present "Angélique" by Jacques Ibert and "Les ...