Italy is trialling the R1 robot guide at Turin’s Palazzo Madama to ease crowding and improve access, explaining centuries-old artworks to visitors. The robot, known as R1, can move on wheels at up to ...

Peking Opera Blues is set in 1913 Beijing, after the collapse of the last imperial dynasty. China was barely ruled by a weak government, and warlords were carving up the country. It is that rare ...

Following last month’s launch of MCP compatibility in Opera Neon, Opera is now bringing its browser connector feature to Opera One and Opera GX. Here’s what that means. A few weeks ago, Opera ...

FORT WORTH –– To say that a performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly makes you forget the opera’s unfortunate stereotypes — of both Japanese and American characters — is to pay it a great compliment.

Madama Butterfly's silk kimono awaits in the LSU College of Music and Dramatic Arts' costume shop, but Teresa Perrotta has yet to try it on, much less think about it. She's been too busy rehearsing ...

In David Henry Hwang’s prescient 1988 play “M. Butterfly,” the character of Song Liling, a beautiful Chinese opera singer and spy, deftly laid out the case against Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera, ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Whether it be Prince Andrew’s recent arrest or King Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles during his marriage to Princess Diana, the Brits know how to do scandal.

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, on stage March 14 – April 12, 2026, in a production that dares to ask: what if everything we think we know about this classic opera is ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago is reimagining Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" this spring as a reality video game, where the player assumes the role of Pinkerton, recasting the character as someone lost in ...

Titled Enjoy the Ride, the campaign pairs award-winning actor and longtime brand collaborator Greg Hsu with Peking Opera artist Geng Qiaoyun inspired by tangma, a stylised horse-riding performance ...

“By construction, any automation will defeat the purpose of a live performance, which is the experience that the audience is paying for.” Every few years, you’ll hear a familiar refrain: “Opera is ...