A street artist tries opera
This legendary street artist, Retna, has done walls, shoes and Bieber albums. Now he’s trying opera.

Mohammed Fairouz' opera “The Dictator’s Wife” premieres this week
A new opera about a dictator may or may not be about Trump. It depends whom you ask.

Standing ovation greets Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cameo
The supreme court justice and opera lover, 83, had her first speaking role in The Daughter of the Regiment at the Kennedy Center.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to make opera debut
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will make her opera debut next month in Donizetti's "Daughter of the Regiment" for Washington National Opera.

Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop shows that in opera, success is quite different from stardom.

Washington Wagner fans eager for first-ever 'Ring' cycle
"The 'Ring,' for any company, is a huge Mount Everest of a work, the ultimate challenge for every individual involved," says Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello.

Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Kennedy Center lures swarms of Ringers
Hundreds of Ring lovers, or Ringers for short, begin their pilgrimages to Washington this week, bringing with them their love and knowledge of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle to the Kennedy Center.

Looking for your next binge-watching marathon?
Try 17 hours of opera. How Wagner’s “Ring” cycle is right in line with current touchstones of pop culture.

Want to see 'The Ring' in D.C.'s first-ever cycle?
The Washington National Opera hopes to capi­tal­ize on its first complete “Ring” cycle by asking patrons to pony up thousands for the best seats to Richard Wagner’s four-part epic.

“Lost in the Stars”
Musical’s title song has staying power.

The faces of ‘Appomattox’
From the Civil War to civil rights, the Washington National Opera’s new work by Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton puts American history on the Kennedy Center stage.

Seeing voting rights under siege, Philip Glass rewrites an opera
When Mr. Glass and Christopher Hampton wrote “Appomattox,” it was mostly about the Civil War. Now the second act grapples with more recent history.