DRESS REHERSAL: For Maison Lesage artistic director Hubert Barrère, the June 21 premiere of “Zémire et Azor,” the opéra-comique — a genre of French opera with dialogue as well as sung segments — will ...

The Dallas Opera begins its season this Friday with the most famous of all operas, Carmen. But there’s an audacious twist: it’s a visual recreation of the original 1875 staging, with carefully made ...

Manon has it all. Great duets, splendor, fantastic music, great scenography, perfect choir, and harmonious choreographies. This opera comique from the 19th century has a big come back after 40 years ...

Louis Langrée is gushing with enthusiasm as he talks about this weekend’s Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra presentation of Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet.” That’s hardly a surprise. Langrée, the CSO’s music ...

Lakmé was an opera written by Léo Delibes, a French Romantic composer, set to a libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe ...

HOW MUCH: $22-$105 general admission; $15 students/under 30; $5 to qualified low-income New Mexico residents through the Opera for All initiative; at operasouthwest.org, 505-724-4771 One of the most ...

It was momentous news. But it wasn’t really a surprise. Last week, Louis Langrée, music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, announced that French President Emmanuel Macron had appointed him ...