Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Mexican-born Rolando Villazon returned to the opera stage on March 22 after a long ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet's “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...

Jan. 30 and Feb. 2 at 8: Despite some odd grace notes, Bartlett Sher’s production of Donizetti’s touching comedy “L’Elisir d’Amore” was his finest production at the house since “The Barber of Seville.

Sept. 27 and Oct. 1 at 7:30: John Copley’s stodgy 1991 production of “L’Elisir d’Amore” was good enough to support the celestial voices of Kathleen Battle and Luciano Pavarotti, but it’s long ...

“I said, ‘oh, this last act is very difficult. He shot himself and keeps singing for 40 minutes.' And so, what would I do?” he recalled. “And I started inventing, creating for fun a staging.” Nearly ...