Most of Haydn's two dozen or so operas are deemed untheatrical and rarely performed, while about half of Puccini's dozen are among the greatest hits of all time. These composers would seem to make ...

Haydn wrote 15 operas. Thanks to English Touring Opera, there’s a rare opportunity to see one of them this autumn. Haydn the opera composer. Really? The story of the symphony is unthinkable without ...

Haydn’s comic opera "Il mondo della luna" ("The World on the Moon") opened Tuesday night at the Hayden Planetarium. Richard Termine/The Gotham Chamber Opera/AP IN space, no one can hear you scream — ...

LA CANTERINA, a two-act opera written by a young Joseph Haydn, premiered in 1767 in the Archbishop’s Summer Palace (today’s Government Office residence) in Bratislava. It is also the earliest opera ...

A primer on medieval chants, minimalist opera and everything in between. By Mitchell Kuga The novelist’s sheet music collection reveals new perspectives on her life and work. By Eleanor Stanford ...

On Sept 23 and 24, Il mondo della luna (The World of the Moon), an opera by Franz Joseph Haydn, had its Chinese premiere as part of the ongoing Beijing Music Festival. [Photo provided to China Daily] ...

Puppet theater was popular during the 18th century. Patrons espoused it, fine composers and writers created for it, the populace came to see it. Haydn's patron, Prince Esterhazy, was no exception, and ...

The Austrian composer's operas have long been accused of lousy drama and lacking tunes – how unfair, says John Allison Brave: 'Life on the Moon' performed by English Touring Opera . Credit: Photo: ...

LEUVEN, Belgium (Reuters) - Belgian conductor and early music pioneer Sigiswald Kuijken has brought his anti-modernist approach to Joseph Haydn's opera "L'Isola Disabitata." Kuijken, 72, staged the ...

Much as I revere him as a composer of symphonies and string quartets, Haydn has always seemed to me a total non-starter as an opera composer. A great part of the problem is, of course, the more ...