When mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke takes to the stage this weekend for the Houston Grand Opera production of Hansel and Gretel, this will be the fourth Hansel she’ll be singing – a role that she loves for ...
Alvise Casellati was born in Padua, Italy, to a Venetian musical family with important ties to the top classical music composers of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Rossini, Wagner, and Boito, ...
At the Singing Circle in Amsterdam, people with cognitive decline join together to lift their spirits and improve their lives ...
Graves, who gave her last performance on Saturday at the Met, talks about “Carmen,” the doctor who told her she would never ...
Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at ...
Now, the Minnesota Opera is bringing Price’s life and legacy to the stage with their upcoming world premiere, “My Name is Florence.” The performance, set to an original score by Atlanta-based composer ...
Since 2015, The Dallas Opera’s Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors (HIWC) has played a starring role in the classical music field. The groundbreaking program helps women conductors ...
Lisette Oropesa as Elvira in Bellini's ‘I Puritani.’ Photo by Paola Kudacki. Courtesy Met Opera. Clark Art Institute and The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents a broadcast of The Met’s production ...
Leading the Florentine Opera for the last six years, Maggey Oplinger has ushered Milwaukee’s opera company through a brand refresh that’s “tongue in cheek, a very approachable, fun, playful Florentine ...
A woman's attempt at spotting if she has a hidden musical talent has been rudely snubbed by her own dog, resulting in a hilarious social-media video that has left viewers in hysterics. The woman, who ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...