Sarasota Opera opens a new season with the double bill of one acts ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’ to launch its 66th season.

This was a light but very professional concert that used movies as the way of presenting some of the most popular music from the operatic repertoire.

The Rossini Opera Festival has announced a cast change for its production of “Zelmira.” The company revealed that Pretty Yende will no longer perform the title role and will therefore be replaced by ...

It’s one that Sarasota audiences soon will have the pleasure of pondering. The character shows up in two operas — “The Barber ...

Tom Robbins moved to the Pacific Northwest in the early '60s and was assigned to review an opera for the Seattle Times. He lived in La Conner for over five decades.

Italian tenor Riccardo Massi has rapidly achieved international recognition as one of the most exciting and accomplished ...

Tom Robbins, the literary prankster-philosopher who charmed, enlightened and addled millions of readers with such adventures as "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" and "Jitterbug Perfume," has died ...

NEW YORK — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball ...

Tom Robbins’ novels include such screwball adventures as “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Jitterbug Perfume.” ...

Your books make me laugh, they make think ...,” one fan told Tom Robbins, “and they make me aware of all the wonder in the ...

Tom Robbins’ novels include such screwball adventures as “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Jitterbug Perfume.” ...