Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Robert Carsen’s Tosca is a diva’s diva, Maria Callas crossed with Marilyn Monroe and spiced with Jessica Rabbit. This ...

Traveling to opera premieres, even if the opera house in question shows a seasoned hand at treating journalists exceedingly well, can be a bummer. For every traveled mile, expectations sneakily, ...

BroadwayWorld is excited to expand its popular feature series outside the U.S. borders setting our sights on showcasing performance companies around the world! Each month we will introduce you to an ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Well-fed and well-off, these Christians pray to a God of compassion. But when refugees arrive on their doorstep, they ...

Commuters passing through Zurich's main station will find more than trains on Tuesday when the cafes, kiosks and platforms will be the stage for a live opera. Daily life and high art should mix when ...

ZURICH — At the second performance of the Zurich Opera House’s new production of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” there were boos before the first notes of the overture even sounded. The curtain rose on a ...

The Opernhaus Zurich is Switzerland’s largest cultural institution. As a joint-stock company with more than 2,400 private shareholders, it has remained in private hands to this day. Wilhelm ...

In the first act, the great Wagnerian of today was hailed and well met by a veteran legend still in good shape (don't basses go on for ever?), 67-year-old Matti Salminen as bluff captain Daland. After ...

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BUDAPEST, Hungary – BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Laszlo Polgar, a Hungarian bass and member of the Zurich Opera, died on Sunday. He was 63. Polgar died in Zurich, Hungarian State Opera spokeswoman Judit ...