On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns paid the ultimate price for their faith during the Reign of Terror. A century and a half later, Francis Poulenc wrote his opera ...

The French Revolution changed many things beyond political systems, from a short-lived reorganization of the calendar to the invention of the metric system. The Paris Opera, that most royal of ...

For nearly three decades, Opera Lafayette has steadily been expanding America’s understanding of 17th- and 18th-century opera and, more specifically, works of the French baroque. Founded during the ...

The annual preview of the New Orleans Opera Association season, “A Taste of Opera,” has a new location this year: the Dutch Alley Performance Pavilion in the French Market, where passers-by can hear ...

Though every German soprano worthy of her breastplate has sung the role of the Marschallin in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, other singers keep a respectful distance. The Marschallin’s notes are within ...

How does a French opera set in 1820s Spain become one of the most popular operas of all time? Just ask a French conductor. ’s production of Bizet’s “Carmen.” “These tunes are so richly inspired that ...

This file photo taken on June 9, 2010 shows French theater director Patrick Sommier receiving Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award from Beijing municipal government. (Xinhua) French theater director ...