Ten-year-old Mason Cole-Schweizer was cast against type as the antagonistic Dr. Bartolo in Rossini's comedic opera, "The Barber of Seville." But the cherubic blond with freckles rose to the occasion, ...

It didn’t take long for performers from the Salt Marsh Opera to get an audience of 900 fifth and sixth grade students involved in their production. They simply walked up the aisles of Woodstock ...

Combine true love, a secret marriage, an overbearing father, a lascivious Count and plenty of laughs, and what do you get? Hint: It’s not a new Bravo reality show, “”The Real Housewives of ...

Darrell Hoemann/UI Lyric Theatre Sharp-ears played by Lisa Buhelos^ and Fox played by Michaela Wright^ during a rehearsal of Little Sharp Ears in the Tryon Festival Theatre at Krannert Center f in ...

The title character in Opera@Augustana's "Gianni Schicchi" wears a plaid flannel shirt, overalls and a Cubs ballcap. These days, we'd call him a "fixer." Played ably by baritone Nathan Windt, he's ...

If Bugs Bunny’s famous lyric “Welcome to my shop… let me cut your mop” or Elmer Fudd’s furious “Kill da wabbit!” makes up the extent of your knowledge of the opera, you are not alone. In fact, some of ...