The Vienna State Opera will present Bedřich Smetana’s beloved comic opera Die verkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride) on March 31, 2026, as part of its spring repertory season.

The opera’s allure has drawn in movie stars, socialites, royalty, and more throughout the years.

It’s alive, but it’s not exactly showing signs of life. Set in the 1930s, “The Bride!” follows a very lonely Frankenstein’s monster (Christian Bale) and his undead love interest (Jessie Buckley) as ...

Mounting an opera has never been easy. Rudolf Bing, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972, once offered this observation: “To make successful opera in New York you do ‘Carmen ...

The Gothic romance drama starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale hits theaters on March 6. By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital Maggie Gyllenhaal‘s The Bride! held its world premiere in ...

Both musicals and horror are tried and true genres in the film world. The best horror movies are known for their massive box office appeal, while a number of movie musicals have won Best Picture over ...

Warner Bros has released a slew of new images from The Bride! displaying Frank (Christian Bale; American Psycho) and his reanimated bride (Jessie Buckley), who are the Bonnie and Clyde of Maggie ...

Back in November, Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello figured out exactly how she would blow up the opera company’s 44-year relationship with the John F. Kennedy Center for ...

Everett Baumgarten in the title role of Rachel Portman's "The Little Prince," in a Feb. 2 dress rehearsal for a Dallas Opera production at the Winspear Opera House. A Pilot crash-lands in the Sahara, ...

There is no shortage of odd designs that have fallen in and out of fashion in the automobile industry over the years. Take, for instance, the weirdest car windows ever built, which you'd think ...

The opera, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, tells the story of Civil War-era spies Mary Jane Bowser, ...