"The stage design elevates the performance, lending a timeless, almost meditative quality to the experience. Sparse props, ...

"It [the production design] has a kind of artificiality ... inspired Il Trovatore for Seattle Opera and an unforgettable Jenufa, whose severely raked stage featured a crooked chair and a gigantic ...

Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the ...

A faded, four-story building that was once a pasta factory now houses the warehouse and bustling workshop of the Rome Opera ...

It’s hard to figure out what’s going on in this 17th-century opera, but the singing, dancing and design make up for that.

Mozart’s greatest opera often requires miracles to pull off well. Created on relatively short notice, this production is a ...

Returning Home on a Snowy Night, originally penned in 1942 by Chinese playwright Wu Zuguang (1917–2003), was first performed ...

It was a pasta factory until almost a century ago, when the Rome Opera House transformed the four-story building into a sprawling warehouse and workshop. It is home to a trove of scenic backdrops ...