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Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer and UC San Diego professor Anthony Davis didn’t have to look beyond his backyard — figuratively and (almost) literally — for inspiration for his latest musical ...

This genre allows artists to tap into their inner child. But it’s absolutely serious work. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Reporting from Berlin A lonely schoolboy named Bertil makes a magical friend who goes ...

Portrait of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1914) English Composer, won a reputation with choral works "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast", "Death of Minnehaha" and "A Tale of Old Japan". He also composed Operas ...

Opera Philadelphia’s latest premiere is like an exquisite corpse, with a libretto by Michael R. Jackson and starring Justin Vivian Bond. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Reporting from Philadelphia As so ...