Jenny Ribeiro is getting ready to storm the Bastille. On July 14 — aka Bastille Day, aka French National Day — she and the non-profit she leads will present an afternoon of French opera at the Grace ...

NEW YORK — When it had its premiere in Paris in 1733, Rameau’s “Hippolyte et Aricie” set off a war in French opera. You had to choose sides: Were you an old-fogey “lulliste” — a partisan of Lully, the ...

The annual preview of the New Orleans Opera Association season, “A Taste of Opera,” has a new location this year: the Dutch Alley Performance Pavilion in the French Market, where passers-by can hear ...

New Orleans, always known for a vibrant music scene, was the first to usher in the dramatic art form of opera to an appreciative young nation. One reader’s question: Was New Orleans the first American ...

Given the long history and once preeminent position that French opera once held in New Orleans, it is unfortunate that there seems to be little tolerance among contemporary audiences for anything save ...

To local singer Abigail Zieger, opera is more than just a form of entertainment. It’s an experience and a journey. “I…love that opera has musical depth,” she said via e-mail. “You do not tire of a ...