Denyce Graves was a young mezzo-soprano, fresh out of the conservatory and serving an apprenticeship with Houston Grand Opera, when her phone rang. It was her agent. "He said, 'Denyce, I've got some ...

On the evening of Jan. 11 at the JW Marriott Essex House on Central Park South, with holiday decorations still adorning the lobby, we gathered for a concert and dinner sponsored by Opera Index. Opera ...

When the acclaimed mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne comes on the line from her home on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, it’s only polite to offer belated best wishes for her Jan. 16 birthday, which, after all, ...

Mildred Miller Posvar, a Rust Belt singing sensation who soared to stardom on some of the world’s biggest opera stages before finally alighting in Pittsburgh, where she coached voice for decades, ...

NEW YORK — For Elina Garanca, there’s a clue nestled in the score of Camille Saint-Saens’ opera “Samson et Dalila” that suggests the pagan beauty has genuine feelings for the hero she has vowed to ...

Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey will make her Met role debut singing Octavian in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier, replacing Isabel Leonard, who has withdrawn. Hankey performed Octavian at the Bavarian State ...

Did you know that, in 1961, years before the passing of the Civil Rights Act, President John F. Kennedy appointed a Black woman from Madison, North Carolina to the National Music Committee? Many ...

With all due respect to Verdi and Puccini, the three founders of New Wave Opera company are feeling a little burned out on storylines about damsels in distress, with or without tuberculosis. So the ...

Regina Sarfaty-Rickless shares a remarkable story of her early days at the Santa Fe Opera. Performing in the very first opera, working with Igor Stravinsky and John Crosby – Regina Sarfaty-Rickless ...

Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of mezzo-soprano Alice Chung in the title role of Bizet’s Carmen, opening on Friday, April 11th, 2025, at the Neal S.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by During a break at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina discussed her action-packed career, “Carmen” and her mission to spread her love of opera.

Airport-style security checks, with metal detectors, have come to the Winspear Opera House. There they were Monday evening, a new imposition from the AT&T Performing Arts Center. With Texas removing ...