Rollando VILLAZON is a white-hot Romeo. The electricity this zealous young Mexican tenor generates noticeably excited just about everyone in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Saturday night. Everyone, ...

NEW YORK -- It should have been the most glamorous of nights at the opera: the return of Russian superstar soprano Anna Netrebko, reunited with her longtime stage partner, tenor Rolando Villazon.

If you’re a certain type of opera lover — a guy, say, or maybe a girl — you may want to sit in the front row for Los Angeles Opera’s new production of Massenet’s “Manon.” You see there’s this very ...

Rolando Villazón Directs Opera at the World's Top Houses While Still Singing NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet's “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he ...

Giacomo Puccini, "La Boheme" (Deutsche Grammophon): With at least a dozen recordings of Puccini's "La Boheme" readily available from Amazon.com, why another? The answer lies in the commercial ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Director Robert Dornhelm’s movie version of Puccini’s most beloved opera, “La Boheme,” is a handsome piece of work, using lavish sets and costumes to bring bohemian Paris of the ...

NEW YORK – Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet's “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last act ...