Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the warm, rich sound of Marilyn Horne, Janet Baker, Grace Bumbry and more. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves will join Juilliard's Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts ...

North Carolina Opera will welcome internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Taylor Raven as the featured guest artist for the 2026 North Carolina Opera Gala.

Did you know that, in 1961, years before the passing of the Civil Rights Act, President John F. Kennedy appointed a Black woman from Madison, North Carolina to the National Music Committee? Many ...

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 ...

On this week’s episode of Working, June Thomas spoke with mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. They discussed all the expenses soloists have to cover, opera singers’ peculiar schedules, and shopping for gowns.

This summer has thrown Heather Johnson back to her teenage years. She's living at her parents' White Bear Lake home, hanging out with old high school friends and soaking up some sun. ¶ And when her ...

NEW YORK — For Elina Garanca, there’s a clue nestled in the score of Camille Saint-Saens’ opera “Samson et Dalila” that suggests the pagan beauty has genuine feelings for the hero she has vowed to ...

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