In a short program note for “The Romance of the Rose,” given its world premiere by Long Beach Opera over the weekend, the composer Kate Soper suggests that opera “is a good receptacle for the messy ...

Romance is in the air at Opéra Louisiane. Make that failed romance, when the company opens Jacques Offenbach's grand opera, "The Tales of Hoffmann," on Friday in the Raising Cane's River Center ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Kate Soper’s “The Romance of the Rose,” which had its long-delayed premiere at Long Beach Opera, showcases her signature quick-shifting ...

‘Le Roman de la Rose,” a 13th-century, 21,000-line poem written in Old French, is an allegorical anatomization of love, with forays into numerous other fields, including astronomy and predestination.

Romantic French novels seemed to fascinate late 20th century musical theater artists, inspiring the likes of “Beauty and the Beast,” “Les Miserables,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and, most notably, ...

Tivoli Treloar, as the Lover, second from left, presents a white rose to Lucas Steele as the Dreamer in Kate Soper's "The Romance of the Rose" at the Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro. To the right ...