In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.

Opera directors sometimes shy away from this raw sincerity – probably for a perfectly good reason, which is that Paul, endlessly mourning his dead wife, Marie, then ends up strangling her living ...

Rarities that deserve their place in opera returned to stages last week: “Die Tote Stadt,” in Boston, and “L’Amant Anonyme,” in Philadelphia. By David Allen and Joshua Barone David Allen attended “Die ...