An opera based on the legend of a Stoke-on-Trent witch in the 1600s opens to audiences on Wednesday. The story of Margaret "Molly" Leigh is shrouded in myth and conjecture. She was born in Burslem in about 1685, and as she grew older she became a landowner but never married.

A new home for the Hamburg State Opera is meant to increase the city’s international standing. But some say its choice of funder is out of step with the cultural mood.

Republicans advanced an amendment to name the Kennedy Center's opera house after first lady Melania Trump to honor her support for the arts.

Republican lawmakers are seeking to rename the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump, marking the latest GOP effort to reshape the once-bipartisan performing arts institution.

Teatro Nuovo, which trains musicians in bel canto style, returns with productions of a rare “Macbeth” and “La Sonnambula.”

A performer held a Palestinian flag as cast members of "Il Trovatore” at the Royal Opera House in London were taking their bows.

Viral videos showed the man in the suit, said to be director of opera Oliver Mears, yank at the flag with one hand after a performer identified by the Telegraph as Daniel Perry unfurled it, presumably in support of Palestinians as Israeli attacks continue on Gaza. But Perry was able to yank it back fully.