ROME (JTA) — Israeli writer Amos Oz is in Italy working on the libretto of an opera based on his novel "The Same Sea." The opera, with music by the Italian composer Fabio Vacchi, was commissioned by ...

When Karel Čapek wrote his play “Rossum’s Universal Robots” in 1920, the battle against machines replacing human labor had been fought for more than a century, with humans invariably losing. Now, more ...

Colette's libretto for Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges is a work of profound insight, argues Margaret Reynolds In the world of opera the librettist often plays second fiddle to the composer. But ...

The author on the path to writing an opera with Colin Matthews for the Aldeburgh Festival The opera came out of the blue. Colin Matthews had read some of my books, and I got this lovely, long ...

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is known for bold storytelling, from reimagined classics to powerful contemporary works. But how does a spoken play transform into a fully sung opera? According to ...