For half a century, Opera Ebony has been one of the guiding lights for Black performers looking to make their mark on the opera world. Born out of a necessity to develop talent often overlooked, the ...

What followed is a 55-year love affair with classical music — branching out to discover greats like Brahms, Bruch, Mahler, Chopin, Copland, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Elgar as well as lesser known ...

“The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)” subverts expectations of the genre by making fun of classical composers typically featured in these concerts. The show, written by librettist Jeremy Denk ...

Upcoming, the University of Toronto Opera will present Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, in “a feminist, ...

Classical radio station WCPE in Wake Forest, N.C. has reversed its stance on six contemporary operas in the Metropolitan Opera's 2023-24 season that it had flagged for 'inappropriate' content. After ...

Of course, you’ve heard of Latin pop — and opera. They're two genres that are worlds apart. But when you bring them together, you get Latin pop opera. That's the genre of music played by The Latin ...

This is a particularly good season for classical music on the Front Range, driven by a host of top-notch, nationally known ...

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