BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin opera house said on Friday it would go ahead with plans to stage a Mozart opera in which the severed head of the Prophet Mohammad is seen, after police reversed their ...

Each of the city’s opera houses is presenting a different production of the Mozart classic. With arts cuts looming, it looks like a last hurrah. By Adam Sella Reporting from Berlin Opera has always ...

The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.” By Ben Miller The conductor, an acclaimed Wagnerian, was ...

Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize most abundantly; which company can hoard the ...