WASHINGTON — As warmups begin and instruments are tuned, music fills the National Mall. Just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, a free opera performance is hoping to reach a new, younger audience.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Givonna Joseph of Loyola University New Orleans and Gwen Thompkins of WWNO radio about the influence of opera on jazz music. And that is Jelly Roll Morton, the jazz ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Fall Preview Osvaldo Golijov’s Lorca-inspired opera comes to New York, and the pianist Igor Levit plays with the Cleveland Orchestra, among other ...

Soprano Lucy Shelton has premiered more than 100 new works in a decades-long career as a concert and recital artist. "I haven't spent my time as an opera singer," Shelton, 80, explained in a video ...

TO GREENSBORO. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. YES. YEAH. GREENSBORO COLLEGE MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS PREPARING TO PUT ON QUITE THE SHOW THIS FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. THEY’RE HOSTING THEIR SPRING OPERA ...

Little Island’s season opens with a musical, inspired by “The Beggar’s Opera” and “The Threepenny Opera,” that has had a fast and furious gestation. “The Counterfeit Opera,” with a book and lyrics by ...