VIENNAVIENNA — Two tenors in the same role at the same time – what could have been a recipe for disaster turned instead into a delightful operatic performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Alceste,” ...

Simplicity, truth and naturalness: these, according to Gluck, are the eternal attributes of beauty and the ultimate goal to which he aspired. "Alceste must not merely please us now while she is still ...

VIENNA – Two tenors in the same role at the same time – what could have been a recipe for disaster turned instead into a delightful operatic performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Alceste,” with ...

Lyric Opera`s opening weekend traditionally has meant the start of the fall Chicago music season. So sound the trumpets; let the music begin! For its gala opening performance of the 36th season, 7 p.m ...

Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house. Christophe Willibald Gluck, stationed in the musical capital of Vienna, was the man for the job.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Perhaps the most arresting moment of the Vienna State Opera’s “new” Alceste production is the Queen’s arrival at the ...

VIENNA (AP) — Two tenors in the same role at the same time — what could have been a recipe for disaster turned instead into a delightful operatic performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Alceste," ...