The Italian general music director of the Saxon State Opera and its celebrated orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, has abruptly resigned.

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) — Sally Greenhill, who dreams of seeing the Metropolitan Opera in person one day, has found the next best thing: watching it live at a London movie theater.

The power of tragedy is nobly served in Benjamin Britten’s chamber opera “The Rape of Lucretia,” which Pittsburgh Opera is presenting through Sunday afternoon.

Under Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera  has been focused on the fresh and the new, streaming out spiffy high-def broadcasts of its elegantly marketed new productions. But this week brings to the company a blast from the past with the return of a familiar face

If listening to the Metropolitan Opera Saturday mornings on kcme isn’t enough to satisfy your appetite for opera–now’s your chance to indulge your passion in person. Opera Colorado is staging several performances of The Barber of Seville.

Concert series First Presbyterian Church will be hosting its 2009/2010 concert series. Upcoming concerts include: February 21, at 4 p.m.