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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

LA Opera has announced the seven performers who will be joining the company this fall as new members of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program for the 2022/23 season. Also joining the program ...

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 ...

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 ...

For its 61st season, San Diego Opera announced today a three-show season that will feel both familiar and inviting to audiences: Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci,” Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” and ...

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 ...