Director Edward Berger previews his new "pop opera" film Ballad of a Small Player, and discusses why it is the perfect follow-up to his hit, Conclave. The helmer teases what to expect from Colin ...

New Orleans company OperaCreole will host a family-friendly performance of "The Ballad of the Brown King" on Dec. 13. The ...

A poor young woman divorces her husband over his drinking, gambling and philandering, then catches the eye of a rich man almost twice her age — who leaves his wife for her. A telenovela plot? No, it ...

A collaboration between avant-garde trio The Tiger Lillies and Opera North demonstrates that musical theatre really does make strange bedfellows. The originality of Lulu: A Murder Ballad fulfils ...

The story of Horace and Baby Doe Tabor is Colorado’s own legend. Its aspects of folklore made it an ideal subject for operatic treatment. Its sweeping narrative, however, is just complex enough to ...

In 1879, American mining magnate Horace Tabor built a Colorado opera house in 100 days. But his life story would set the stage for a musical drama that has stood as one of America’s most popular ...

Drop-In Artmaking -- 1-4 p.m., Durand/Estes Rooms at Crystal Bridges Museum. Free. 657-2335 or crystalbridges.org. Opera in the Ozarks -- "Cendrillon," 3 p.m., Inspiration Point near Eureka Springs.

Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera” cuts through genres and across cultures to disturb audiences with its world-weary view of corruption, vice, class, and exploitation. It invites ...