OK, first off, we aren’t talking about miraculous fountains of youth here. (Shh, don’t tell the folks in Salem that’s not real.) But if there’s one thing soap operas love to do, it’s SORASing (soap ...

The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance's "Opera 101" program features the music and stories of six of French opera's most famous ill-fated heroines. The ladies of "Operatic Love in the French ...

Prepare for a deeper opera experience by attending “Opera 101 — Backstage at the Opera.” Rimrock Opera’s general director, Douglas Nagel, leads the class through details of the “La Bohème” story, ...

My first experience with opera was a televised fat lady in a Viking helmet breaking a glass with her voice. Naturally, I repeated the experiment without success and concluded that I wasn't fat or ...

Opera is a spectacle that can be glorious and delightful or a painful bore depending on how you approach it and how much background you have to appreciate it. Larry Mantle talks with opera and music ...

Rimrock Opera Company presents "Opera 101 Class, The Magic of Mozart," from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, Sept. 3 and 10, and Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the former Ben Franklin craft store in West Park Plaza.

Opera 101, a multi-media program for opera fans, and especially anyone who claims not to know opera, will be presented by Opera Roanoke and the Smith Mountain Arts Council on Friday, September 5.