When you think about innovative, technologically hip industries, opera isn’t high on anyone’s list. Its audience is graying — the median age is 48 — and during the recession, high-ticket prices ...

VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Arguably the best tenor of his generation is dead. The rise of "popera", an obsession with instant stardom and the limited pool of talent among operatic tenors today mean we ...

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 ...

African American opera tenor George Shirley reflects on his trailblazing music career. As one of the first African American operatic performers, renowned tenor and trailblazer George Shirley’s ...

After that encounter, Baek was accepted as a baritone into a young artists program at The San Francisco Opera but was given the opportunity to sing as a tenor in the final student concert. And it ...

James Valenti has performed at major venues like The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, and even Yankee Stadium. He credits his high school choir teacher and the influence of The Three Tenors for ...

When it comes to challenging operatic roles for tenors, the clown troupe leader Canio in Leoncavallo Ruggero’s beloved 1892 “Pagliacci” is right up there. It requires power-singing, vocal range and ...

WASHINGTON — Opera tenor Christopher Macchio will sing the national anthem at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration before a much smaller crowd than he was expecting, a letdown with a silver ...

The tenor Freddie De Tommaso fell in love with opera and timepieces as a young boy. Now he shops for high-end examples in the cities where he performs. By David Belcher It seems to be all about the ...

The 76th annual Fort Myers Community Concert series features five new shows at B.B. Mann Hall. The series includes performances by Orchestra Manhattan, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, The Three Italian ...