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When it introduced Daniel Rigazzi's steampunk vision of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" in 2015, Arizona Opera relied on minimalist staging and Leslie Bernstein's revisionist…

Boris Karloff made for a scary Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 black and white horror film.But Frankenstein's monster as a leading man in an opera?We're about to find out…

When folks recall internationally acclaimed soprano Angel Blue's Arizona debut recital, they might not remember every song she sang at Holsclaw Hall on Saturday, April 1.But…

Moments after Angel Blue emerged from her mother's womb, her pastor father Sebastian knew his baby girl was destined for the great opera stages of the world."He felt that…

Arizona Opera has never staged the timeless musical “The Sound of Music.”But this weekend, the hills will come alive with the sound of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic…

True Concord Voices & Orchestra set out to make a statement when it commissioned Jocelyn Hagen to write a choral symphony centered on womenl. Hagen's "Here I Am"…

Four Arizona arts organizations will receive grants of between $250,000 and $750,000 as part of $2 million in federal COVID relief funds distributed by Gov. Doug Ducey's…

Arizona Opera is presenting an opera about an opera this weekend.If you think you’re confused, consider how soprano Leah Hawkins feels.She is in the lead role of Ariadne in…

Live performances are back, but Tucson audiences this season seem reluctant to join in.In late September, Arizona Theatre Company saw more empty seats than filled for its…

Here’s a first for the opera world: The United States Army has commissioned an opera.This weekend, Arizona Opera will present “The Falling and the Rising,” a new work based…