Copenhagen's New Opera House Inaugurated
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The royal family, led by Queen Margrethe, politicians and other Danish notables inaugurated Denmark's new &#36;441 million opera house on Saturday by attending a gala concert.
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Taiwan celebrated the official opening of the world&#39;s tallest skyscraper today with a colorful opera performance and some of the island&#39;s top personalities taking elevators up to the 89th-floor observation platform.
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Venice's celebrated opera house La Fenice, gutted by fire in 1996, was officially reopened for opera lovers with a performance of Verdi's &quot;La Traviata&quot;, which premiered here in the mid-19th century.
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The new service joins the game of musical chairs.
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A month before La Scala raises its  curtain after three years of renovation, the opera house is  still packed with hammering builders and busy decorators -- but  organizers say it will be alright on the night.
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Natalie Dessay thrived under pressure, singing the touchstone title role of Donizettiâs âLucia di Lammermoorâ in a new production to open the Metropolitan Operaâs season on Monday night.
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Arts & entertainment: Backstage bickering put aside as European capital of culture year kicks off
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The English National Opera gives unprecedented access to its latest production of Carmen on the web.
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The Metropolitan Opera  will begin transmitting live performances to movie theaters throughout the United States, Canada and Europe next year as part of an extraordinary and unprecedented arrangement among the company, its unions and several media partners.
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The Chicago Sinfonietta performs a new work without the old warning.
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La Scala, one of the world's most celebrated opera theaters, reopened to the public and to music Tuesday after nearly three years of renovation that cost about &#36;67 million.
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NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera will transmit six live performances to movie theaters and will broadcast more than 100 live performances over the Internet or on digital radio in a groundbreaking attempt to expand its audience, the company announced Wednesday.
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Bizet's Carmen will be the first full UK opera production to be streamed online next month.
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SYDNEY, Sept 20 (Reuters Life!) - The Sydney Opera House   has undergone a major external renovation, the first since it   opened in 1973, to keep to its original design philosophy of   making visitors feel part of the glistening harbor outside.
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Enthusiasts filed into their seats wearing jeans and T-shirts for the Metropolitan Opera's opening night performance.
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A premiere of the opera "The Visit of the Old Lady" will be performed on the stage of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet on Tuesday, which closes the Autumn Music Festivities Festival.
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L'opera ieri al debutto alla Fenice di Venezia