Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of ...

Graves, who gave her last performance on Saturday at the Met, talks about “Carmen,” the doctor who told her she would never ...

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 ...

Watch Angel Blue speak with mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina about her portrayal of the title role of Bizet’s Carmen below! In her highly anticipated Met debut, Director Carrie Cracknell reinvigorates ...

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 ...

Forget the massive orchestra and towering balconies of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. When Northampton’s PanOpera brings “Cinderella” to 33 Hawley this month, they will be inviting the audience into ...

Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of mezzo-soprano Alice Chung in the title role of Bizet’s Carmen, opening on Friday, April 11th, 2025, at the Neal S.

Patricia Johnson as Jane (Giovanna) Seymour in Anna Bolena by Donizetti at Glyndebourne in 1965 - Guy Gravett/Glyndebourne Productions/ArenaPAL Patricia Johnson, who has died aged 95, was a powerful ...

Opera lovers and community leaders donned their black ties and gathered at The Breakers for the Palm Beach Opera's annual gala. The event took place Feb. 6. More Palm Beach society news here. Judy ...

During Sarasota Opera's 2026 Winter Festival, the company celebrates 100 years of the Sarasota Opera House. The historic occasion will be marked with two days of celebratory events, including a ...