Wednesday's cast claimed a magnificent Sempronio, the old apothecary, in Richard Ollarsaba, whose bass is not only booming but beautiful. He had the character's eccentricities at his witty command.

Even before the first notes air, a reconstructed Haydn opera in its U.S. premiere carries at least as much curiosity as it does clout. Yet when Opera at Rutgers in collaboration with Musica Raritana — ...

Much as I revere him as a composer of symphonies and string quartets, Haydn has always seemed to me a total non-starter as an opera composer. A great part of the problem is, of course, the more ...

Puppet theater was popular during the 18th century. Patrons espoused it, fine composers and writers created for it, the populace came to see it. Haydn's patron, Prince Esterhazy, was no exception, and ...

After a season of dark and tragic stories, the Sarasota Opera closes with much lighter fare that will be new to just about everyone. Joseph Haydn’s “Deceit Unwitted” (or “L’infedelta delusa”) had its ...

Haydn’s comic opera "Il mondo della luna" ("The World on the Moon") opened Tuesday night at the Hayden Planetarium. Richard Termine/The Gotham Chamber Opera/AP IN space, no one can hear you scream — ...

In 1958, rummaging through the Hungarian National Library in Budapest, a young U.S. musicologist named H. C. Robbins Landon unearthed a treasure-trove of eight operas by Franz Joseph Haydn. The scores ...

The Peabody Opera Theatre gave a spirited presentation of “La Fedelta Premiata” on Friday, and should be commended for giving Baltimore a rare opportunity to experience this example of the neglected ...

Since founding Opera Neo in San Diego in 2012, artistic director Peter Kozma continues to expand its boundaries as an international company dedicated to performing rarely produced baroque operas and ...

Renowned English soprano Carolyn Sampson joins the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra for ‘Mozart + Haydn' at NEC's Jordan ...