Charles Edwards’s deceptively traditional, exceptionally sung production of Bellini’s “I Puritani” makes space for its stars.

NORTHAMPTON — As I walked and whistled out of the Academy of Music on Nov. 9, Able Seaman Paul Peelle — still made up for the stage and dressed in stripes of white and Royal Navy blue — reminded me of ...

Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” based on “Journey to the West,” brings an old superhero to the opera stage. By Joshua Barone Reviewing from San Francisco Underestimate the Monkey ...

With: Kayla Rae Stein, Shelén Hughes Camacho, Daniel O'Hearn, Gregory Feldman, Joseph Parrish, Carl DuPont and Andrew Burger, accompanied by Adam Nielsen Where: Universal Preservation Hall, 25 ...