Throughout Charles Gounod’s five-act tour-de-force, with performances at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27 and 30 at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Hopkins inhabited new and evolving visages of Méphistophélès with ...

Sara Holdren’s new production for Heartbeat Opera takes its lead from Bulgakov’s Faustian novel “The Master and Margarita.” By Joshua Barone The director Sara Holdren has made it pretty clear that she ...

Heartbeat Opera’s radical adaptations of classic titles can soar or fall flat, but one constant has always been music director Dan Schlosberg, whose ingenious maverick arrangements—such as February’s ...

Berks Opera Company is intent on making a difference in the community by being a bridge between the arts and social commentary to relevant issues. Taking a major step toward achieving that goal is its ...

He was in his 20s then, having just quit medical school when the autopsies proved traumatic and his drive toward music won out over his physician father’s insistences. Then, he wrote eight small ...