Retiring from opera has its own set of challenges, but there is plenty I share with the other millions of Americans ending ...

ROME — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer, who grew ...

Opera singer Amartuvshin Enkhbat's passion for music knows no bounds; whether he’s rising from a peaceful slumber or embarking on a long-haul flight, he can’t help but sing. “I’m always thinking about ...

Opera has not traditionally insisted on exact physical verisimilitude from performers. It was totally possible for Luciano Pavarotti to make one of the starving young artists from La Boheme a ...

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From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...

For the mezzo-soprano opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, a reckoning has been long overdue. Following the March 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, Nelsen, a fourth-generation Japanese American, had a moment ...

Finalists were chosen by a panel of judges comprising artistic leaders from the Met and other companies. During the Grand Finals concert, each finalist will perform two arias accompanied by the Met ...

Women in the industry are speaking out about what they feel are cancellations motivated by their appearance rather than sound, even as there is a belief that pregnancy and childbirth have positive ...

FARGO — If a night at the opera doesn’t sound as enticing as a night on the couch, then you should meet opera singers Julie Ly and Karly Ritland. They could well change your mind. “Opera often gets a ...

J'Nai Bridges talks about the pros and cons of life as an opera singer. J'Nai Bridges meets with the Young Artists of Washington National Opera to talk about the pros, the cons and some of the ...

While I was playing piano at a university, two opera singers joined in unexpectedly — and their voices completely transformed ...