Asmik Grigorian laughs when she recalls that she had been singing professionally for more than a decade when the International Opera Awards proclaimed her the "best young female singer" of 2016. "So ...

ROME — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer, who grew ...

American soprano Angel Blue said she won't be performing "La Traviata" in Verona in protest over the use of blackface in another opera on the same stage. (Photo: via Associated Press) ROME (AP) — ...

If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. Angel Blue, that is. The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the ...

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers, one of the opera world's oldest and most prestigious competitions, will hold its 53rd event in 2025, with a ...

Latonia Moore remembers clearly the moment she fell in love with opera. She entered the University of North Texas as a jazz performance major, but a classical music requirement led her to sing in the ...

From stratospheric coloraturas to jet-powered Wagnerians, learn to love our highest-flying singers. Talk Like An Opera Geek: Sizing Up Sopranos Talk Like An Opera Geek: Sizing Up Sopranos Talk Like An ...

NEW YORK — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world’s top stages, ...

Renata Scotto, a soprano of electrifying dramatic power who embraced the role of prima donna as she became one of the most celebrated opera singers of the 20th century, died Aug. 16 in Savona, Italy.

After Park City Opera’s successful summer production, the nonprofit is returning to the stage with a musical holiday story of love. It's called “The Gift of the Magi.” ...