San Diego Opera won’t be announcing its next season until May, but two of the city’s smaller companies — Opera Neo and newly formed Opera a la Carte San Diego — have unveiled their upcoming plans, and ...

For some classical music lovers, nothing can compare to a well-executed baroque opera, with the machine of the orchestra clicking along and the singers filigreeing their da capo ornaments on top. It’s ...

It has never been easy to come to terms with prolific artists. The old saw is that Vivaldi wrote the same concerto 500 times. He didn’t. He could always surprise and delight, just like the recent ...

In 1724, George Frideric Handel brought the timeless love story of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra to life in music through his exquisite opera Giulio Cesare. In honor of this dramatic work's 300th ...

It happened quickly. Within days of the slow roll of lockdown ordinances, it seemed the entire world moved online. Universities, non-emergency healthcare practitioners and large corporations alike ...

With its ravishing June production of Agostino Steffani’s 1688 opera, Niobe, Queen of Thebes, the Boston Early Music Festival has confirmed its unique and invaluable role within the early music ...

There’s the rip-roaring operetta and the cutting-edge world premiere. The baroque masterpiece and one of the genre’s all-time fan favorites. The rarely heard story dusted off from the bookshelf of ...

The Old World similarities between New Orleans and Venice, Italy, have sparked a new chamber music ensemble in the Crescent City.

Opera has occupied a central place in Boston Baroque’s repertoire for most of its 52-year history, but for much of that timespan, those operas were performed in concert, or with minimal stagecraft.

Boston Baroque concludes its 50th season with two programs in March and April. First, Boston Baroque presents two works by Mozart-his "Jupiter" Symphony No. 41 and the Sinfonia concertante featuring ...