Beyond the fact that the cast is huge, however, (the opera house were fielding the largest number of extras ever), there is little about the story that makes the work anything but a joy to follow.

The splendor of "Les Troyens" promises to be on full-screen display when the Metropolitan Opera telecasts its production Saturday in "The Met: Live in HD" series to movie theaters around the globe.

Bryan Hymel (center) as Aeneas in the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Les Troyens,' airing at 11 a.m. Sunday (June 30) on WYES. (PBS) Back in December, New Orleans tenor Bryan Hymel saved the day ...

Seattle Opera will present this January a concert rendering of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens—an epic tale of fate, love, and betrayal that is as grand in scope as it is rarely performed. This special ...

Hector Berlioz died in 1869 without ever seeing a full production of the project dearest to his heart—his grand opera, Les Troyens, which he had completed in 1858. There was a reason he couldn’t get ...

Still, if ever an opera were going to work in the cavernous Royal Albert Hall then it would be Les Troyens. First, there are the sheer forces involved, with its huge orchestra requiring three harps, ...

Reporting from SAN FRANCISCO — Berlioz’ “Les Troyens” -- a five-hour epic opera after Virgil’s “Aeneid” with touches of Homer, Shakespeare and music like none ever written before for the lyric stage - ...

4 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities Lyric's general director Anthony Freud notes, "This is a Lyric premiere that our audience has long awaited, because there's nothing else in ...

For her return, Zambello has been entrusted not with a chestnut from the regular repertoire — Joseph Volpe can’t risk another in the current fiscal climate — but with a new production of Hector ...