What really imbues fervor to the production, though, is a landmark score from composer Kevin Puts. Already a widely celebrated talent in the classical world, Silent Night marks Puts’ debut opera.

Grimly beautiful, the piece is a significant addition to the repertoire and heralds the emergence of composer Kevin Puts as a force in American opera.

'Heart of a Soldier' Opera Chronicles Heroism, Love Amid Tragedy of 9/11

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In a rare case (at least in modern times) of technical innovation born on the opera stage, the Metropolitan Opera said it planned to introduce 3-D projections for its production of “Siegfried” next season

I am thrilled to welcome you to the second complete season of The Figaro Project!  In addition to two cabaret performances of opera scenes and arias, The Figaro Project will present the world premieres of three one-act operas written by Baltimore-based composers.

Rising through the ranks of the opera world, Megan Ihnen (mezzo-soprano) takes aim for the events, performances, and intelligent music conversations that you want to know about.

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Tod Machover, born in 1953, ‘learnt opera from the inside’ as Toscanini did, playing cello in the pit—Toscanini in Parma and then La Scala, Machover at the Canadian Opera. His composition teachers included Dallapiccola, Roger Sessions and Elliott Carter. In 1978 he joined IRCAM, where his first opera, Valis, after the novel by Philip K. Dick, had its premiere in 1987.

Opera has created the Web Standards Curriculum (WSC) in association with the Yahoo! Developer Network. This tutorial course takes students from complete beginner to having a solid grounding in standards-based Web design, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development. The course is supported by top companies and organizations such as the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and Yahoo!.

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The production of Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle is a big investment -- with big expectations. Here's what went into it.

Opera has created the Web Standards Curriculum (WSC) in association with the Yahoo! Developer Network. This tutorial course takes students from complete beginner to having a solid grounding in standards-based Web design, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development. The course is supported by top companies and organizations such as the Web Standards Project (WaSP) and Yahoo!.

Firefox and Opera are great browsers that have greatly advanced the cause of web standards, but because they are choices in a space where most people don't make choices, their power to convert is necessarily somewhat truncated. Webkit, in the form of Safari, has been a surprising force for good on the web, raising people's expectations about what a web browser can and should do, and what a web page should look like.