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The Houston Grand Opera is presenting Puccini's set of three one-act operas, "Il Trittico," in a moving and imaginative new production that originated in South Korea's Daegu International Opera ...

Tacoma Opera is betting big on Wagner. At the end of composer Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold,” which the company will present in two performances at the Pantages Theater Oct. 3 and 5, the gods cross ...

When Marie Powers was five, an opera singer asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Said Marie: “I want to be fat, jolly and an opera singer like you.” Today, fortyish, buxom Marie Powers is ...

On Easter Sunday 1939, Marian Anderson, wrapped in a fur coat against the April chill, stepped to the microphone atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and launched into “America (My Country, ’Tis of ...

Alone with the boys: Giulietta ( Jessica Cale) at Capellio's But it’s Giulietta’s embattled solitude that consistently holds the eye – and ear, when Cale’s robust and agile soprano gloriously breaks ...

Nuala Willis, witty contralto who ranged from Glyndebourne to Dustin Hoffman’s film Quartet She was a stalwart of the composer Jonathan Dove, appearing in his 2002 television opera about the death of ...

Many singers struggle to understand their vocal range, especially with complex charts and musical jargon. The female vocal range chart can seem daunting, leaving vocalists unsure about their voice ...

President Joe Biden fought back tears while reciting the lyrics to “My Country ’Tis of Thee” at a ceremony honoring recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and National Medal of the Humanities on ...

This spring, Toronto’s performing arts scene has been defined by works reappraising historical figures, both popular and obscure. Whether it's theatre, opera or film, Joshua's perspective brings ...

An all-Black opera is exploring the life of Nova Scotia singer Portia White, who is known as the first Black Canadian concert singer to become internationally famous, but whose legacy some say has ...