If you’re thinking about seeing The Magic Flute here this summer, you should stop reading now and head over to the Santa Fe Opera’s website. To quote Elvis Presley, “It’s now or never” when it comes ...

The Manhattan district attorney’s office said it secured the return of dozens of ancient artifacts in June, after a process that the museum described as collaborative. By Graham Bowley and Tom ...

The New York Mets are in disarray thanks to a brutal start to what was supposed to be a promising season. On Friday, the team hit a low point, firing manager Carlos Mendoza... but you wouldn't know it ...

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson called out "legends" who "can't sing anymore" during a recent interview. The vocalist and founding Maiden member Steve Harris spoke with Kerrang! during the first week of ...

While asking random people to sing in California, I met Phil Crosby Jr., a huge fan of Frank Sinatra. Phil's connection to Sinatra is deeper than mere fandom; his grandfather was the legendary Bing ...

LA Opera’s 40th Anniversary Season concludes with Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a revival of one of LA Opera’s most sensational productions. The fantastical production is conducted by James Conlon in his ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony was performed in the same week by two of Lincoln Center’s orchestras. Was it coincidence or bad ...

Aigul Khismatullina (top) as the Queen of the Night and Sydney Mancasola as her daughter Pamina appear amid the amazing animation design by Paul Barritt in LA Opera's 2026 presentation of The Magic ...

Kyle Miller as Papageno and Emily Damasco as Papapena in LA Opera’s 2026 presentation of “The Magic Flute.” (Photo: Cory Weaver) “The Magic Flute” is Mozart’s final opera, performed for the first time ...

James Conlon has begun his farewell as music director of L.A. Opera, leading Mozart’s “Magic Flute” in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Barrie Kosky’s silent-film-styled staging turns Mozart’s opera ...

A site of big changes, the Music Center has become farewell central. Alongside the Gustavo Dudamel hullabaloo at Walt Disney Concert Hall, James Conlon has begun his final appearances in the Dorothy ...