Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This summer, one of the biggest names in opera called for a reckoning within the industry. During a lecture at the Voice ...

Hakeem Henderson was barely old enough to walk when he began carrying around a blue toy microphone. It was clear even then what his future career would be. In September, the 26-year-old Baltimorean ...

Opera singer Denyce Graves’ voice has taken her around the world – but her journey started in Southeast D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood. As Graves helped to inspire the next generation of opera stars, ...

Marking his debut with the San Francisco Opera during its summer season has been Reginald "Reggie" Smith Jr. The gay black baritone Houston resident has been performing as Count Monterone in the ...

Opera À La Carte San Diego, which made its debut in May 2024 with an intimate East Village production of Puccini’s “La bohème,” will return later this month with an opera that has never been stage in ...

Kwezikazi Mfithi stepped into a hallway at Children’s National Hospital to wait as her 2-month-old daughter got an X-ray for her heart troubles. Then, she heard music — opera. Mfithi, 26, had planned ...

Do you sing in the shower like the rest of us? Meet Josie and Junehan, two real life opera singers who invited us to catch the rehearsal, so we invited them to answer some of your most pressing opera ...

Opera companies are increasingly relying on low-paid apprentices, reducing opportunities for mid-career singers. The decline in opera attendance has led to fewer performances and financial challenges ...