Opera companies have long craved a compact, family-friendly hit, good for all ages, like ballet’s Nutcracker. Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors still gets done, although it now seems a bit musty.
Opera North is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of the French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry with a production of “The Little Prince,” Rachel Portman’s opera that retells ...
A small mention of the boa constrictor devouring an elephant can remind you of a stranded aircraft pilot on the Sahara Desert ...