Michael Aspinall, who has died aged 86, was the Surprising Soprano, a one-man drag act known for parodying opera’s greatest ...

Mattiwilda Dobbs, an African American soprano who helped break the color barrier in opera, appearing in milestone performances at Milan’s La Scala and the Met in New York, died Dec. 8 at a retirement ...

While the country house opera season is in full swing, the Royal Opera has mounted a major new production of Bellini’s final opera, I puritani, for the first time in 35 years. Richard Jones’s ...

The Houston Symphony will kick off its season this weekend with a scorcher: "Valčuha Conducts Stravinsky's Firebird." While Stravinksy's piece might be the headliner, it is guest soprano Angel Blue ...

San Diego has a long history of hiring up-and-coming singers before their careers explode, including the young Placido Domingo, Rénee Fleming and Patricia Racette in past decades. Now comes soprano ...

Her nearness to God, the soprano says, has helped her navigate a difficult industry. Paola Kudacki/Met Opera The 40-year-old singer started voice lessons at the age of 6, initially coached by her ...

Immediately following the June 4 opening performance of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s fairy-tale opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, soprano Nina Stemme, who performed the role of the Dyer’s ...

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 ...