Shawna Lucey, the general director of Opera San Jose, loves a thrilling night at the opera, and she clearly recalls the first ...

The second half of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s two-week residency with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was dominated by a stirring ...

It’s been too long since we’ve seen Esa-Pekka Salonen on the podium. The conductor-composer, a youthful 66, had to bail on ...

Over 300 years after its publication, Charles Perrault’s Bluebeard remains a staple in gothic literature. The story follows a ...

Opera San José is bringing free music, mystery, and interactive experiences to the community with South First Friday ...

OperaWire spoke to set designer Steven C. Kemp regarding the new production. Kemp is a set designer for opera, theatre, and ...

What are the best Minecraft castle builds? Minecraft’s sprawling, procedurally generated landscapes lend themselves perfectly to the majesty of a castle build, be it in the snow, lush green ...

The pathways may connect Sforza Castle to a nearby basilica Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Beneath Sforza Castle in Milan, researchers have discovered a series of secret tunnels—passageways ...

Italy’s famed Sforza Castle is a focal point for historians, architects, and art lovers—as well as a source of many legends. One of the most prominent rumors surrounding the over 575-year-old ...

After four days of smoothing, shaping and stacking the 70-pound, 13-inch-thick rectangular blocks, a 33-foot-tall ice castle has been completed. It marks the first time since 2022 and just the third ...

Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife Par's talker remake of the Alfred Savoir farce [in the American version by Charlton Andrews], a thin piece basically, isn't given much more heft under the Lubitsch touch ...