Semyon Bychkov will be the musical director for a period when the opera’s performance spaces are under renovation. It’s a ...

Semyon Bychkov will succeed Gustavo Dudamel as music director of the Paris Opera starting in August 2028, the company’s ...

Festival Napa Valley recently announced the commissioning and world premiere of "The Judgment of Paris," a new one-act opera by the acclaimed composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. The work ...

Giselle is the glittering crown jewel of French Romantic ballet. It’s a quintessential work in which the elegance of classical dance meets the mystical movement language of the spirits, all set ...

Alonzo King LINES Ballet will return to France for a four-week engagement Jan. 14 – Feb. 12, 2026. The tour marks a highly ...

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If there’s one thing you can count on with the title character in “The Phantom of the Opera,” it’s that this spooky subterranean composer will never die. In 2023, the Broadway production closed after ...

Creating world-class dance is the artistic director’s goal. ‘Our mission is to bring all the richness of ballet home to Atlanta,’ he says. Atlanta Ballet Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin leads ...

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The 'Bardot look' was so widely imitated that she complained she was 'fed up with seeing Bardots all over the place' - Herbert Dorfman Brigitte Bardot, the French film goddess who has died aged 91, ...

At the Palais Garnier, where Sylvia, or the Nymph of Diana was first performed in 1876, Manuel Legris revisits Louis Mérante's original choreography for a magical show. Read more With Bleuenn ...