The very first time mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe ever sang in an opera, she was a 17-year-old college freshman at Potsdam State University in New York. The opera was Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni ...

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 ...

She didn’t leave on a high note. The Metropolitan Opera booted the best mezzo soprano “on the planet” once she struggled to hit her high notes, the singer claims in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit.

Composer Joseph Phibbs and historian Dominic Sandbrook have written MRS T, the first opera about Margaret Thatcher's time in ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patricia Johnson as Jane (Giovanna) Seymour in Anna Bolena by Donizetti at Glyndebourne in 1965 - Guy Gravett/Glyndebourne ...

When internationally acclaimed opera star Joyce DiDonato arrived in Houston to start rehearsals for a new production of Rossini's La Cenerentola, she had flashbacks of Spain. "It feels like a little ...

Opera Philadelphia announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring five new productions including works by Mozart, Verdi, and the ...

Opera lovers and community leaders donned their black ties and gathered at The Breakers for the Palm Beach Opera's annual gala. The event took place Feb. 6. More Palm Beach society news here. Judy ...

The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra parted ways with Connecticut Lyric Opera before announcing its 2025-26 season last year but is still very much in the opera business. The company toured its ...

Giulietta Simionato, one of the finest Italian opera singers of the 20th century and a doyenne of the opera world, died May 5 in Rome. She had heart and other ...