The stereotype with opera is that productions are sung in Italian and are tragic. Well, that's not so with every opera. "Die Fledermaus," aka "The Bat," is a hilarious German comedy that is delivered ...

“Carmen,” Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera, can be a good first opera for novices. It’s a gripping story about vivid characters; it’s longish but not taxingly — about 210 minutes with intermissions (call it ...

Georg Philipp Telemann’s overlooked intermezzo “Pimpinone” is being presented by the Boston Early Music Festival this weekend. By Oussama Zahr In the standard repertoire, comic opera more or less ...

Verdi’s final opera brings the season to a lively close with "Falstaff," a comic tale inspired by Shakespeare’s "The Merry Wives of Windsor." The mischievous Sir John Falstaff’s schemes to court two ...

Opera Colorado is opening it's 2024/25 season with the sharp, funny romantic comedy "Daughter of the Regiment." This Italian opera is set in France among the 21st French Regiment. The soldiers find ...

Escape the late winter blues and come ready to laugh at Tibbits’ Annual Comedy Fest with headliner Joe Zimmerman, featured comedian Michael McDaniel and emcee Andrew Yang! Joe Zimmerman grew up in ...