Lisette Oropesa impresses Metropolitan Opera's Peter Gelb with her talent and intellect. Gelb compares her to Beverly Sills, ...

In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...

Recent stagings of classics like “La Traviata” and rarities like “Intermezzo” are among the highlights. Holiday weeks, quiet ...

When Illawarra opera singer Jeremy Boulton tells people he's from a place called Wollongong, he is met with "looks of confusion".

MUNICH — "It was gnarly. Dangerous. Only the most experienced could surf it," says Jakob Netzer of what local surfers have come to call the "E1," an ever-churning wave along a mountain stream that ...

German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald Alice and Ellen Kessler, the pop singing sisters who were famous in Europe in ...

Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte, among others, have died, police in Germany ...

A walk through central Munich featuring Max-Joseph-Platz, the Bavarian State Opera, luxury shops, and historic streets in the heart of Germany. Daughter speaks out after cruise disaster Virginia ...

Bayern Munich's players celebrate with their fans against RB Leipzig in August Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/AFP via Getty Images Why does the can-can music play every time Bayern Munich score a goal at home ...

German authorities shut down the famous Oktoberfest in Munich on Wednesday following an explosion and fire in a residential building in the north of the city, and said the festival would remain closed ...