Ask the average Seattleite what they think of when they hear the word pagliacci and they’re almost guaranteed to answer “pizza”—or, maybe, “class action lawsuit.” One hundred years ago, though, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though mean-spirited, the jester Rigoletto — Verdi’s hapless, vengeful hunchback — wins our hearts as the outsider whom a ...

Rushdie's tale of love and revenge has made its way to the stage. It premieres tonight at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Salman Rushdie's 'Shalimar The Clown' Is Now An Opera Shalimar the Clown is ...

Paul Groves was a child when he first heard that classic, mournful tenor aria usually sung by a clown on opera stages. The song — specifically one of its passages — is usually recognized even by those ...

"The Black Clown," adapted from Langston Hughes' poem of the same name, is full of music and meaning. "A 75-minute blaze through 300 years of American history," says Davóne Tines, Co-Creator and ...

How’s this for a “show must go on” story? A performer catches his wife cheating on him, but they are co-stars in a comedy and must take the stage together. Sheesh, it’s no wonder a poor clown could ...

Ozarks Lyric Opera’s production of Pagliacci will begin with the traditional entrance of the troupe along with the famous “Vesti la giubba” clown aria, and a three-minute film of the cast, ...

Although she's starring in one of opera's most memorable tragedies, Bonnie Frauenthal is happily returning to her college town — even if she has to fly halfway around the world to get back to Oklahoma ...

(Opera West is not to be confused with Opera Southwest. The latter is a 50-year-old Albuquerque-based company performing an adventurous repertory. The former is a young Santa Fe organization focused, ...