Opera

The aria - a musical form that’s a kind of song, but more elaborate and vocally demanding than the pieces we usually call songs. The development of opera in Italy in the 1600's is what brought the aria to glory.

The aria - a musical form that’s a kind of song, but more elaborate and vocally demanding than the pieces we usually call songs. The development of opera in Italy in the 1600's is what brought the aria to glory.

Set in Jim Crow South Carolina, Stinney is based on the horrific events leading to the execution of the youngest person sentenced to death in 20th-century America. Glow Lyric Theatre is presenting four performances of the opera—a collaboration between Frances Pollock and Tia Price—through the end of July.

The composers of the much-anticipated opera—which premiered on the opening day of the 2022 Spoleto Festival USA—describe how their choices about melody, harmony, rhythm, style, and lyrics work together to bring the story of Omar ibn Said to audiences in a new way.

Spoleto General Director Mena Mark Hanna envisions the 46th season of the Charleston performing arts event as one that will broaden conceptions, explore spirituality, and express the "wonderment of life".

Greenville performing arts organization returns to the stage with three productions spanning opera, musical theatre, and a range of other genres

No piece of music is ever just “about” any one thing. In Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni stands beneath Donna Elvira’s window and sings the aria…

The da capo aria, which I talked about yesterday, was a form that by 1750 had begun to lose its once enormous popularity. It was a form that was…

For about a hundred years, roughly from 1650 to 1750, the principal type of aria in opera, and also in the oratorios and cantatas of such composers as…

The aria - a musical form that’s a kind of song, but more elaborate and vocally demanding than the pieces we usually call songs. The development of opera in Italy in the 1600's is what brought the aria to glory.