The New York premieres of Bernstein's "A Quiet Place" and Stephen Schwartz's "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," the world stage premiere of John Zorn's "La Machine de l'etre" and the U.S. stage premiere of Morton Feldman's "Neither" highlight New York City Opera's ...

Renowned opera singer Placido Domingo has had surgery to remove a malignant cancer tumor in his colon, but expects to perform again as early as next month, a spokeswoman said Monday. The surgery on Sunday in New York was a success and Domingo, 69, is expected to recover, following six weeks of rest, spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer said. The tenor was ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "The Nose" makes a belated Metropolitan Opera premiere on Friday and even before the reviews are in, performances have nearly sold out. The new production of "The Nose," based on a short story by Nikolai Gogol, is staged and designed by South African artist William Kentridge whose film installations, prints and drawings ...