José Pablo Castro Cuevas as the eponymous Nutcracker battled the Rat King in a toy soldier uniform and paper mache head.

Here are some of the local institutions and organizations that are celebrating significant anniversaries in 2025.

The ambitious lineup of this year's World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting offers performances, exhibitions, and installations ...

Romantic, fantastic and, in the end, humanly tragic, Jacques Offenbach’s opera “The Tales of Hoffman” turned out to be an apt ...

Before the world premiere of New Orleans-born composer Edmond Dédé’ s grand opera "Morgiane," the Historic New Orleans ...

Nearly one year into his reign as capo of Opera Philadelphia, Anthony Roth Costanzo has changed ... but yourself," says ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with composer Levi Taylor and librettist Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton about two new operas featuring Black female protagonists that were commissioned by the Kennedy Center's ...

Inflation, the end of pandemic relief, and falling donations have hit nonprofits hard. The result is program cuts, layoffs, ...

Francesca Zambello received a disturbing text from a singer in Washington National Opera’s production of Macbeth who’d gone ...

The Vienna Philharmonic, KODO taiko drumming and Twyla Tharp Dance are among the arts offerings this spring, along with ...

Enchanting as both a victim and a villain, Medea’s story has been told through the centuries as a tale of timeless drama and ...

PBS has set the premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded as part of their Great Performances at the Met ...