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This post was updated Nov. 21 at 4:35 p.m. Opera UCLA’s latest production plays to haunt the narrative. Over 70 years since its Venice premiere, Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera “The Turn of the Screw ...

EXPERIENCING a chilling wind and a sense of spirits present is nothing new for Belfast opera singer Giselle Allen who will be hoping her dramatic performance and high notes in Benjamin Britten's spine ...

In opera, horrific events occur on the regular, in expansive variety; a mere list of what happens to leading sopranos would suffice. But the art form rarely interfaces with the genre of horror fiction ...

Operas aren't all about singers in white wigs or helmets. The visually stunning "Sunken Garden" -- complete with videos and digital projections -- received its U.S. premiere from the Dallas Opera in ...

With some operas, the audience may struggle to stay emotionally involved in the story playing out on stage. But during parts of Seattle Opera’s “The Turn of the Screw,” you may need to reassure ...