Opera has always lived at the crossroads of emotion and discipline. A single performance can shape a singer’s future, opening doors or quietly closing them. In competitions, judges listen closely and ...

When infants watch a live performance of a baby opera, their heart rates synchronized and they were significantly more engaged than babies who watched a recording of the same show — even though the ...

A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading American companies. By Marc Tracy Observers have long decried the ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- University of Chicago musicologist Philip Gossett has been awarded $1.5 million to continue his study of 19th century Italian opera. Gossett, the university's Robert W. Reneker ...