Opera companies have long craved a compact, family-friendly hit, good for all ages, like ballet’s Nutcracker. Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors still gets done, although it now seems a bit musty.

Opera North is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of the French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry with a production of “The Little Prince,” Rachel Portman’s opera that retells ...

‘The Little Prince,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved tale, has become nearly ubiquitous, selling some 140 million copies worldwide. The surreal fable is not only irresistible, it is deeply probing.

Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, OBE (born 11 December 1960) is an English composer who is best known for scoring films. Portman's career in music began with writing music for drama in BBC and Channel 4 ...