"It's nothing to do with loving a man," government prosecutor Mortimer screams at King Edward II at the beginning of George Benjamin's third opera, "Lessons in Love and Violence." He pays heavily for ...

LENOX — No two editions of Tanglewood’s annual Festival of Contemporary Music are exactly alike, but the overall layout of the festival doesn’t usually change that much year to year. In normal years ...

Opera is a spectacle that can be glorious and delightful or a painful bore depending on how you approach it and how much background you have to appreciate it. Larry Mantle talks with opera and music ...

Rob Holter’s students recently performed a scene inspired by, but not actually in, Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly.” Part of the group had roles in the faux opera and, after getting a crash course ...