In the Canadian Opera Company's production of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio, an opera that stands out for featuring two leading roles for coloratura soprano – the voice type known for speed ...

That first time is a little daunting, for some us a lot daunting. Not only is there new jargon to learn, but it’s often not even in English! Whom can you trust enough to ask What’s ‘tessitura’ and is ...

You would have to be in a pretty miserable mood not to enjoy the Vancouver Opera Festival’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella), a production that manages to be polished and cartoonish at the same time. The ...

Opera tends to be a love it or hate it form of artistic expression; I fall strictly into the latter camp, since I tend to feel the vocals ruin what otherwise might be a fine piece of music. That ...

The Metropolitan Opera has a dazzling new coloratura soprano. She is Atlanta-born Mattiwilda Dobbs, 31, pert, appealing to the eye, solacing to the most opera-worn ear. She made her debut as Gilda in ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. NEW YORK — Yes, that really is a stratospheric A above high C that Audrey Luna sings the first time we hear ...

"Cut" may be a dirty word in purer-minded operatic circles, but even the most ardent fans of Richard Strauss must itch for the shears when it comes to Die schweigsame Frau. A really rather trivial ...

Belgian soprano Jodie Devos has died of breast cancer, at the age of 35. She passed away in Paris, surrounded by family. Devos’ last public performance was at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris ...

(Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house.) Voices are as individual as the people they belong to, yet the opera world has created ...

OPERA translated into English, which had not been heard at the Metropolitan since the days when “Parsifal” was performed Anglice to spare the emotions of patriots who could not endure Wagner’s text in ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Yes, that really is a stratospheric A above high C that Audrey Luna sings the first time we hear her in “The Exterminating Angel.” The American coloratura soprano, one of many stars in ...