NEW YORK — Change has come to the Metropolitan Opera House. The largest repertory opera in the world is in the throes of innovation, simulcasting performances in HD theaters, introducing Sunday ...

Welcome to Do It For The Applause, a series in which we ask performers, writers, business leaders, and public figures to think about the notion of applause and what it means to them. Today, we hear ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A friend and I attended a pre-recorded broadcast of a live opera performance, and during the applause segment, we began quietly discussing aspects of the performance. At the time, ...

Keith Miller played professional football for the Denver Broncos until he decided to become an opera singer.Now he’s traveling all over the world catching applause from the crowds instead of the ...

I stopped by Baltimore Concert Opera‘s public auditions Tuesday evening — the second of two nights in a row — at the Engineers Club. Most opera auditions, of course, are held privately and, needless ...

Pianist Yael Kareth signals to her co-pianist Alexander Ivanov from across the stage as the two of them, together, provide the musical backbone that allows the voice talents which shine in the Israeli ...

Without Ken Howard, an awful lot of opera productions wouldn't look nearly as good as they do. Monty Python's "Spamalot" will stop at the Fox from May 5-17. What are you doing this weekend? Fun ideas ...