Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

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 ...

With all due respect to Verdi and Puccini, the three founders of New Wave Opera company are feeling a little burned out on storylines about damsels in distress, with or without tuberculosis. So the ...

FARGO — If a night at the opera doesn’t sound as enticing as a night on the couch, then you should meet opera singers Julie Ly and Karly Ritland. They could well change your mind. “Opera often gets a ...

Over 16 seasons, Vegas City Opera has grown its audience base by doing things a little differently. Take their current production — an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The local arts organization ...

Cape Town Opera has inducted eight talented singers into the Judith Neilson Young Artist Programme, aiming to hone their ...

Opera is proud, but is it gay? And, what is institutional opera’s position on LGBT issues? These questions were posed to a prominent member of California’s musical community and the conversation ...

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 ...