I’m Bidding My Opera Career Adieu. Here’s Why.

Retiring from opera has its own set of challenges, but there is plenty I share with the other millions of Americans ending ...
Yahoo

Is Angelina Jolie Singing in “Maria”? How the Actress Transformed Into Opera Legend Maria Callas (and Her Shocking Reaction to Singing for the First Time!)

Angelina Jolie may not have a background in singing, but that didn't stop her from mastering the art of opera for her role in Maria. "I don't think I've ever seen someone make such a huge difference ...
KOAT Albuquerque

These opera singers are recording 'singing telegrams' for health care workers, hospital patients and seniors

Video above: How you can help medical centersOpera houses and theaters might be shut down, but The Atlanta Opera is not staying quiet.They are putting their "show must go on" attitude to good use by ...
Yahoo

This opera-singing Starbucks barista is going viral for his incredible voice

Jason Berger has always loved singing, and from time to time, the Starbucks barista just can't resist belting out a tune at work. He doesn't do it often, but during one of Berger's recent shifts, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Opera Singing Is Helping Long-Haul Covid-19 Patients Recover

Early in the pandemic, Sheeba began exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms. At first she had chills, a slight headache and general malaise. A week later, the 43-year-old United Kingdom-based charity worker and ...
PBS

Singing robots show humanity of technology in opera of the future

Finally tonight: A classical art form meets cutting-edge technology, an opera that will be simulcast, where viewers around the globe can interact with the performance this Sunday. Jeffrey Brown has ...
The New York Times

Protecting Opera, ‘a People’s Art Form’

An American soprano who sang when the United States rejoined UNESCO weighed in on the agency’s addition of Italian opera singing to a heritage list. By Farah Nayeri Is opera an endangered art form ...
Long Island Press

How To Succeed In Opera – Without Singing A Note

When the recent Metropolitan Opera’s production of Turandot began, a figure looking like a street rat scurried out from stage right dressed in rags. Soon the expansive stage filled with street ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Singing aerialist aims to disrupt the traditional opera world

Nikola Printz was on their way to get tattooed when they took time out of their Monday to share their plans to “disrupt” the opera world. “I figured a tattoo was a less painful option than engaging,” ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Opera-singing robots? Absolutely, in Project BLANK’s new chamber opera

Take two UC San Diego alums, a century-old sci-fi play and an adventurous theater/music company, and what do you get? Project BLANK’s “The Robots,” a humorous and dystopian — or is it dystopian but ...
NBC Bay Area

SF Opera Develops New COVID-19 Singing Mask for Rehearsals

In a strange marriage of arts and science, The San Francisco Opera costume department teamed up with doctors from UCSF to create a mask that will allow the company's singers to safely rehearse ...
CNN

An opera company troupe is keeping busy recording ‘singing telegrams’ for health care workers, hospital patients and seniors

Opera houses and theaters might be shut down, but The Atlanta Opera is not staying quiet. They are putting their “show must go on” attitude to good use by gathering their ensemble to help others ...