As opera institutions rethink their role in public life, leadership choices increasingly signal values as much as taste.

Kirsten Harms is in a fighting mood. Her city has perhaps the richest opera scene in the world -- three major companies, something that's almost unheard of. But Harms, general manager of the Deutsche ...

Berlin said Wednesday German maestro Christian Thielemann would succeed world-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim as general musical director of its State Opera following his resignation ...

Matthias Pintscher’s first opera in 20 years invites audiences to find their own meaning in a macabre 19th-century tale. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Christian Thielemann’s inaugural new production as the ...

BERLIN — Since its founding, the Berlin State Opera has lived through a monarchy, two republics and two dictatorships. It is used to strong leaders. On Thursday, when the institution celebrated its ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- This week in our Focusing on the Future series, a high school graduate is using her talent to take her places. Wakisha Bailey introduces us to the young opera singer who's ...

Just before the curtain dropped on an otherwise uneventful opera, the grisly scene that everyone came to see finally transpired. The King of Crete pulled the severed head of the prophet Muhammad out ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin opera house said on Friday it would go ahead with plans to stage a Mozart opera in which the severed head of the Prophet Mohammad is seen, after police reversed their ...

BERLIN, Oct. 1 -- Udo Zimmermann, the director of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, will not return to his job after his contract expires at the end of July. In a statement, Berlin Culture Senator Thomas ...

Christian Thielemann succeeds world-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim as general musical director of its State Opera following his resignation due to ...