In a short program note for “The Romance of the Rose,” given its world premiere by Long Beach Opera over the weekend, the composer Kate Soper suggests that opera “is a good receptacle for the messy ...

‘Le Roman de la Rose,” a 13th-century, 21,000-line poem written in Old French, is an allegorical anatomization of love, with forays into numerous other fields, including astronomy and predestination.

Romance is in the air at Opéra Louisiane. Make that failed romance, when the company opens Jacques Offenbach's grand opera, "The Tales of Hoffmann," on Friday in the Raising Cane's River Center ...

Featuring scenes from La Bohème, Tosca, La Traviata, Roméo et Juliette, L'elisir d'amore, The Pearl Fishers, Pagliacci, and Eugene Onegin. The concert will feature performances by baritone Gustavo ...

Across the season, each work offers a different lens on relationships, shaped by tone, setting, and character dynamics. In The Pirates of Penzance, romance is playful and theatrical. The relationships ...

Donizetti’s Don Pasquale returns to the stage at Theatro São Pedro as part of the theater’s 2026 lyric season, with ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. “The Pirates of Penzance” is a romantic comedy — and an opera. Gilbert and Sullivan ...

Tivoli Treloar, as the Lover, second from left, presents a white rose to Lucas Steele as the Dreamer in Kate Soper's "The Romance of the Rose" at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. To the right ...