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AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican composer Daniel Catan has died while working on a new opera in Austin, Texas, a University of Texas spokeswoman said Monday. He was 62. The cause of his death on Friday was not immediately released. Catan was best known in the United States for his operatic adaptation...

'Willy Wonka' opera debuts this week ST. LOUIS, (UPI) -- This week marks the premier of a U.S. opera version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" that some leaders in the field see becoming the next "Nutcracker." The full-length opera "The Golden Ticket" in St. Louis is geared toward...

LONDON – Will the magic of the Phantom strike twice for Andrew Lloyd Webber? The theater world was eagerly awaiting Tuesday's premiere in London of "Love Never Dies," the sequel to Lloyd Webber's global hit "Phantom of the Opera." "Phantom" is a tale of gothic romance set in the Paris Opera...

Dmitri Shostakovich composed his first opera, "The Nose," more than 80 years ago and based it on a short story written nearly a century before that. Yet few works in the repertory seem more modern or musically challenging than this absurdist masterpiece that came to the Metropolitan Opera for...