The South African artist William Kentridge has unleashed his imagination on Shostakovich’s bitterly satirical and breathless opera at the Met.

NEW YORK — Dmitri Shostakovich composed his first opera, “The Nose,” more than 80 years ago and based it on a short story written nearly a century before that.Yet few works in the repertory seem mor…

Pensacola Opera presents “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci” at the Saenger Theatre on March 12 and 14.

For his current extended visit to New York, the conductor Riccardo Muti is on a mission, it would seem, to reclaim neglected works.

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.

How affordable is high culture? One great myth of our time — surely up there with Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and the Prince of Wales’s supposed eye for fine architecture — is that tickets for opera, theatre, ballet and orchestral concerts are too expensive, especially for the young.

Sixty young singers from 22 states will compete March 5-7 on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn. at The Middle Tennessee Choral Society’s 15th Annual Orpheus Vocal Competition. With $17,700 in cash awards at stake, The Orpheus has become one of the country’s preeminent opera competitions for students and young professionals.

Sixty young singers from 22 states will compete March 5-7 on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tenn. at The Middle Tennessee Choral Society’s 15th Annual Orpheus Vocal Competition.

After placing first in the Tri-State Regional competition of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Laura Wilde earned a spot to sing at the National Semi-Finals on Sunday at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Here is this week’s (and beyond) comprehensive Showcase calendar of events:GeneralNaples Art and Antiques Show, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday with lunch available from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m