Over the last three decades or so of attending performances, I always lean forward with anticipation at the prospect of a new composition. The times being what they are, I know I’ll probably be ...
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This March in New York City, 34-year-old Bernard Holcomb was rehearsing for the title opera role of Rossini’s Otello at night. He was serving food at Harlem’s Blujeen by day. Most audiences only see ...
A Chinese student studying in Italy has been hailed by mainland internet users for “saving the concert” of an American diva by taking on the role of a male singer during her encore performance.
LONDON (Reuters) - A rarely performed baroque opera starring the first male soprano to sing at Covent Garden made "Niobe, Regina di Trebe" a considerable gamble for the Royal Opera House. Early ...
Adrian Angelico is one of the few trans male opera singers in the world. The art of opera has always had an appreciation of gender fluidity – and it allowed Adrian to perform as a man onstage before ...
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The very first time mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe ever sang in an opera, she was a 17-year-old college freshman at Potsdam State University in New York. The opera was Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni ...
German operatic tenor Jonas Kaufmann is best known for playing Don José in Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca and the title role in Don Carlos Tenor Jonas Kaufmann has won best male singer and the reader's ...