A costume sketch for the character Moore from “The Dragon of Wantley” by Seth Bodie, costume designer. Poking fun at the lofty conventions of opera is a practice that’s almost as old as opera itself.

A funny opera needs a funny composer. Fortunately, that's what Colder By the Lake got when it commissioned Tyler Kaiser to write the score for its "Les Uncomfortables." "Les Unc," as it's ...

LEBANON, N.H. Verdi's opera "Falstaff" combines Shakespeare's character of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "King Henry IV" to create one of the very few comedies in the golden age of Romantic opera.

The sheer familiarity of The Magic Flute, Mozart’s most-performed opera, can blind one to its inherent oddness. It draws on a range of influences, from ancient Egyptian symbolism and freemasonry to ...