American soprano Angel Blue said she won't be performing "La Traviata" in Verona in protest over the use of blackface in another opera on the same stage. (Photo: via Associated Press) ROME (AP) — ...

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 ...

Andrea Chenoweth Wells is a soprano opera singer, an intimacy director and assistant professor in the music department at the University of Dayton. She sings in French, German and Italian, and has ...

If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. Angel Blue, that is. Recommended Videos The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is ...

ROME — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer, who grew ...

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 ...

Mattiwilda Dobbs, an African American soprano who helped break the color barrier in opera, appearing in milestone performances at Milan’s La Scala and the Met in New York, died Dec. 8 at a retirement ...

Renata Scotto, a soprano of electrifying dramatic power who embraced the role of prima donna as she became one of the most celebrated opera singers of the 20th century, died Aug. 16 in Savona, Italy.

NEW YORK — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany’s Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world’s top stages, ...

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