The average museumgoer would not look at a series of paintings about loneliness and think “live theatrical adaptation.” Leon Major, artistic director of the Maryland Opera Studio for the University of ...

Opera character painting is a unique art variety in Chinese painting. Artists record the characters and scenes of opera performance in the form of painting while observing the opera performance on the ...

In 19th-century France, the Paris Opéra was a machine. It was there that narrative and music, art and design, science and technology were transformed into cultural spectacle. Those spectacles had ...

In 1669, Louis XIV founded the Opéra de Paris, still the premier opera and ballet company of France. To celebrate the Opéra’s 350th anniversary, the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris and ...

For me, a silver lining of winter is being able to see more — as I walk around the city the bare branches have made way for some unexpected vistas. I love the jolt of an unexpected perspective, a dose ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Francois Gerard's magnificent oil painting of the coronation of Charles X takes up nearly 10 metres by more than 5 metres on the wall of ...

When Lera Auerbach arrives in New Orleans this week to perform a solo piano recital at Tulane University’s Dixon Hall, it will be just the beginning of possibly the most comprehensive art residency in ...