Attending the opera is a little like throwing a dinner party. There are so many little details to worry about -- what to wear, where to sit, what to say -- that it's easy to lose track of why you're ...

PARIS — Many 19th-century opera composers wrote roles to suit the voices and characters of their wives or mistresses. When Puccini created a tempestuous diva called Floria Tosca, however, he could ...

From fights onstage, to leaving mid-production, opera divas have more than earned their moniker. Morgan Richter, author of 'The Understudy' digs into the drama Difficult. Demanding. Temperamental.