Storms capture the human imagination, inspiring awe and fear in equal measure.

Meet two artists making their Lyric Opera debuts this month.

During his reign in Chicago, Al Capone, who you may not know loved opera, was one of the city’s biggest jazz impresarios.

Quirky customs, long-lived legends, and other classical curiosities and superstitions.

What is it about this music that is so hair-raising?

Situated in a wooded area just outside Berlin, the Waldbühne is one of Europe’s largest and most popular open-air concert venues.

An interview with the Mexican tenor in advance of his Lyric Opera debut in Verdi’s Rigoletto.

Riccardo Chailly conducts this grand opera that delves deep into themes of power, love, and betrayal.

Oboist Alex Leidtke and pianist Dana Brown perform works by Claudio Monteverdi, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Barbara Strozzi, and Antonio Pasculli.

A celebration of the great Italian tenor, born July 13, 1924.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium for a performance of Verdi’s soul-stirring Requiem alongside a thrilling quartet of soloists.

“This is a tra-ge-dy. It’s not going to go right in the end. And that’s hard.”

The season includes 9 programs, including concerts from opera and musical theater royalty.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendetta, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the lead role.

Lyric Opera’s music director highlights favorite moments from Verdi’s grandest opera.

A 1962 audience-favorite Met Broadcast featuring Carlo Bergonzi and Leontyne Price.

Four contemporary operas have their Met premieres.

Carlo Rizzi conducts an all-star ensemble that features soprano Angela Meade, Quinn Kelsey, and Charles Castronovo.

Much like a gourmet dish, classical music is the result of many individual elements coming together. The composer, like a chef, must know the distinct flavor profiles of each instrument and how they complement each other.

Ancient Babylon comes to life in a classic Met staging of biblical proportions.

Verdi’s epic opera combines love, war, religion, and fate, and is sung by a stellar cast including Sondra Radvanovsky, Brian Jagde and Etienne Dupuis, conducted by Mark Elder.

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and soprano Lise Davidsen join conductor Marin Alsop and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for the celebratory conclusion of the 2023 Proms.

What does one of the grandest artforms look like on the big screen? Check out some of our favorite portrayals of opera in the movies.

Verdi’s Attila takes us to the mid-5th century near Rome following Attila, King of the Huns.

From the Prinzregententheater in Munich, Germany, we hear a production of Verdi’s I Lombardi alla prima crociata with the Munich Radio Opera, featuring Galeano Salas as Arvino, Andreas Burkhart as Acciano, Nino Machaidze as Giselda, and Réka Kristóf as Viclinda.