Also called “The Living Opera Organ,” the giant instrument is a foot-operated keyboard with twelve keys. But stepping on these keys doesn’t produce the usual tones—instead, a different ...

I’ve not strayed off the path into the woods of mid-20th Century opera singers who were only famous in their own country. These three are simply lost, to new opera fans, in the mists of the past.

In Canada, Black opera singers have historically not been afforded the same opportunities as their white counterparts. But that tide is turning, as opera companies across Canada mount productions ...

The Ensemble Studio Competition features singers from the final round of auditions for the COC Ensemble Studio, Canada's premier training program for young opera professionals, competing for cash ...

Isabel Bayrakdarian, Judith Forst and Adrianne Pieczonka play nuns in the Canadian Opera Company production ...

The Met is performing “Champion,” an opera by the Grammy-winning jazz artist Terence Blanchard that tells the story of Emile Griffith, a boxer who rose to fame more than a half-century ago ...

Playing to Music Director Nicola Luisotti's strengths and the company's current orientation toward Italian opera, San Francisco Opera’s third production of the season is Verdi’s “Un Ballo in ...

Husband-and-wife singers are part of the cast of Opera Colorado’s upcoming “La Boheme” Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...