In some respects, this generation of transgender singers is adding a new wrinkle to a very old tradition: Opera has been gender fluid since its beginnings. The earliest operas had boys’ roles sung by ...

In Montgomery, Alabama, a statue of Rosa Parks stands just blocks from the State Capitol. At her feet, granite markers memorialize four other women, but the monument offers little else about them.

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Surrounded by a lifetime's worth of globe-trotting photographs, glimmering awards and glamorous gowns, including an elegant Japanese kimono, Leona Mitchell couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

Ginger Costa-Jackson is Carmen in Maria Todaro’s Florida Grand Opera production of George Bizet’s opera, opening Saturday, April 12 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. Behind ...

After singing on the world’s top opera stages for more than 40 years, acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves took a final bow last month and is pivoting to teaching the next generation. Senior arts ...

An Oxford woman who died after a pedestrian crash was remembered as a local fixture and a classically trained singer in her obituary. Paula Bouthiller, 91, was walking home from the post office on Dec ...

The journalist, Theo, arrives as an ardent admirer, eager to uncover the “truth” of the woman he has idolised for years. Yet as the conversation unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear how difficult, ...

As Timothée Chalamet dismisses opera, these South African opera singers' 2026 highlights show them selling out the Met, Vienna, and Bayreuth ...