For most of its 123-year history, the Metropolitan Opera has had a somewhat forbidding image. Peter Gelb, the Met’s new general manager, is resolved to change that. For the first time ever, for ...

The title role of Madame Butterfly in Opera Philadelphia's production is represented by a puppet, voiced and manipulated by Karen Chia-ling Ho. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

HO CHI MINH CITY: Every Sunday a small room in an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City transforms itself into a lively stage where children learn to give life to strings and puppets. When we ...