He should know. Madagame, 28, is part of a new wave of transgender opera singers. Trained as a mezzo-soprano, he risked his singing career when he transitioned several years ago and began taking ...

John Holiday spent the first two months of this year in Los Angeles. He wasn’t expecting to spend the last one here too, but as we’ve learned, 2020 has left few plans unchanged. Which is why Holiday ...

Following an experimental treatment, Michael Niemann gets the best gift of all. Dec. 18, 2009— -- For Michael Niemann, singing was like breathing. But when a devastating diagnosis crippled his ...

Years of hard work are what nearly cost one North Texas woman's dreams of becoming a professional singer. She suffered a condition that doctors say is more common than people think. With a voice ...

When considering “blind auditions” for orchestras I began to wish opera companies were forced to cast their operas based on blind auditions. A blind audition means the auditors do not know anything ...

City Opera Vancouver's first online opera will be released on Monday 11 January 2021, beginning at noon. It is free to all, on our YouTube channel. Starring Canadian tenor Isaiah Bell, with pianist ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Start the week of Christmas with the Indianapolis Opera’s “Voices of Christmas” concert at the Basile Opera Center on Sunday. “Voices of Christmas” will feature a mix of classic ...

RUNTIME: About two hours, including one intermission and on-stage extra performances (see below). THUMBNAIL SKETCH: In the long history of the performing arts, traveling troupes would go from town to ...

— I echo most emphatically the Warning Voice lifted up by a member of the Club at our last meeting. When the German opera was first introduced into America, there was no limit to the enthusiasm of the ...

At the CU Boulder College of Music, we guide developing vocalists in their journey to becoming multiskilled artists and teachers through our focused curriculum, and through programs ranging from voice ...

Norwegian company Opera is adding IBM speech-recognition technology to its free browser software. The company, which raised about $18 million in an initial public offering earlier this month, said it ...