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 ...
Asmik Grigorian laughs when she recalls that she had been singing professionally for more than a decade when the International Opera Awards proclaimed her the "best young female singer" of 2016. "So ...
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 ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Sonya Yoncheva discusses her turn as Lisa in “The Queen of Spades” at the Metropolitan Opera, her summer concerts, her production company and more. By ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The sopranos will be joined by renowned pianist Helen Wu in a program that ...
The Metropolitan Opera has named soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen the winner of the 2025 Beverly Sills Artist Award. The annual $50,000 award recognizes extraordinarily gifted singers with rising Met ...
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 ...
Written by Ken Ludwig in the mid-1980s, “Lend Me a Tenor” has become a favorite of community theater groups for nearly four decades. “Tenor” told the story of a Cleveland opera company in the ...
NEW YORK — It is a brief, charming moment — and subtle enough that some audience members may miss it. But it speaks loudly as a symbol: the distinctive clicks of Zulu, the African language, echoing ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Opera singer Asmik Grigorian is at the peak of her career, but there’s one major opera venue she hasn’t yet performed at — New York’s Metropolitan Opera. That changes Friday when ...