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Opera Companies Find Savings and Gains Through Collaborations

Co-productions can help companies across the globe save money, collaborate artistically and ensure that lesser-known works are seen by more audiences.

By A.J. Goldmann

Classical Music Culture (Arts) Metropolitan Opera Opera Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich Yoncheva, Sonya

The Soprano Sonya Yoncheva Has Many Roles, On and Off the Stage

Sonya Yoncheva discusses her turn as Lisa in “The Queen of Spades” at the Metropolitan Opera, her summer concerts, her production company and more.

By Rebecca Schmid

Deaths (Obituaries) La Scala Opera House (Milan, Italy) Lima (Peru) Luigi Alva Metropolitan Opera Milan (Italy) Opera

Luigi Alva, Elegant Tenor With a Lighthearted Touch, Dies at 98

A Peruvian-born international star, he made a specialty of roles in operas by Donizetti, Rossini and Mozart, becoming one of their pre-eminent interpreters.

By Jonathan Kandell

Bumbry, Grace Dancing Ewing, Maria Flimm, Jurgen Guth, Claus Heartbeat Opera Mattila, Karita Metropolitan Opera Nilsson, Birgit Opera Salome (Opera) Strauss, Richard

Seven Takes on the Lurid Dance of the Seven Veils in Strauss’s ‘Salome’

In Strauss’s “Salome,” is the Dance of the Seven Veils a seduction? A striptease? A cry for help? Watch some memorable versions from its long history.

By Zachary Woolfe