The latest revival of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s final opera was a night of promising debuts and mixed ...

Last weekend, Opera Vermont and Randolph’s Chandler Center for the Arts partnered in a production of Still’s 1941 “A Bayou ...

The Met eschews an edition sanctioned by Strauss that eliminates one intermission by joining the second and third acts, which ...

Fifty years after it launched with "H.M.S. Pinafore," community spirit is still the wind in this company's sails ...

Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...

Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is confronting an unexpected dilemma: whether she will be allowed to enter the country’s most sacred sporting arena – the sumo ring – to present ...

A step-by-step guide to building lower body power, increasing flexibility, and maximizing leg day results. “Traditional squats focus more on quads, while sumo squats shift more of the load to the ...

A masterpiece of silent horror cinema is coming to one of San Francisco's Gothic revival jewels just in time for Halloween. Director Rupert Julian's 1925 adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel "The ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Popular sumo wrestler Endo has decided to retire from competition after missing the past two tournaments through injury, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. The 35-year-old ...

At the opera’s premiere, the story quite literally came full circle when Huerta stepped onto the stage to a standing ovation and chants of “¡Sí se puede!” – the very same words she once used to ...

Ellen Schlaefer, Director of Opera Studies at the University of South Carolina School of Music, shares insights into Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize-winning opera ahead of three performances Nov.