One of the peskier questions in the classical music world: Does lesser-known mean lesser? In short: Is repertory obscurity deserved, or in any case earned? New recordings of seldom-heard music by one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mezzo-soprano Hilary Ginther as Olga in a past production of "Eugene Onegin" at Opera Omaha (which utilized the same sets and ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's Royal Opera House will stage a rarely performed Tchaikovsky opera over the Christmas period which director Francesca Zambello called the Russian composer's "best ...

While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Opera Columbus is teaming up with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra to bring the classic Tchaikovsky opera "Eugene Onegin" to central Ohio for the first time. "'Eugene Onegin' is a ...

Not only was the world premiere that December a success, but The Queen of Spades would also become one of just two of his 10 operas to find a permanent place in the general repertory worldwide — ...

If you go to performances at the Ohio Theatre, you are likely to hear the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky pretty regularly. Not only is the Russian composer a favorite of Columbus Symphony Music ...