Years ago, I lived in New York City and had season tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. Though loving most kinds of classical music, opera was not one of them. I nodded off at concerts (much to the ...

7 p.m. Friday. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, $15-$96. portix.com. Portland Symphony Orchestra and Opera Maine present Puccini’s tragic opera “La Bohème.” Sunday’s show is ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW ... workers who set up stage shows at places like the Cross Insurance Arena, Merrill Auditorium and the Augusta Civic Center. “The benefits of being in a union are ...