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 ...

“As a Black opera singer I know people are going to see me before they hear me. They’re going to see my skin before they hear my voice,” said Piper Brown, a soprano cast in the role of Nedda. “I long ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anita Rachvelishvili, the once-blazing mezzo-soprano, has struggled with vocal problems since her pregnancy two years ago. The mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and her husband, Otari Maisuradze, at ...

When the Washington Opera performs The Tales of Hoffmann this month, among the audience members will be a new generation of opera lovers. Many of the 38 youngsters, age 10 to 14, who spent their ...

Fitah Rasendrahasina plays a starring role in Opera Grand Rapids’ production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.” The Calvin College junior portrays Edmondo, a young student who is a friend to the ...

‘The Fool’ at Issue Project Room (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) In a whisper the chorus chants: “Beginning and the end, neither and the otherwise, betwixt and between, the end is the ...