Angelina Jolie is shedding light on her performance in Maria. In the biopic, the actress channeled opera star Maria Callas, playing the legendary performer in the later years of her life. "I thought ...

Angelina Jolie may not have a background in singing, but that didn't stop her from mastering the art of opera for her role in Maria. "I don't think I've ever seen someone make such a huge difference ...

Rachel always knew she wanted to be a singer, but it wasn't certain she would become a leading figure in opera. "So I ...

"It's nothing to do with loving a man," government prosecutor Mortimer screams at King Edward II at the beginning of George Benjamin's third opera, "Lessons in Love and Violence." He pays heavily for ...

On this week’s episode of Working, June Thomas spoke with mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton. They discussed all the expenses soloists have to cover, opera singers’ peculiar schedules, and shopping for gowns.

Carl Tanner‘s bounty hunting days are over. The 57-year-old Virginian is now a globe-trotting tenor in demand at opera houses around the world. He’ll be stepping onto the Civic Theatre stage Oct. 19 ...

In opera, singing one’s own death is a fate common to many characters. The art is one of the most death-obsessed of all Western forms, say Linda and Michael Hutcheon, authors of Opera: The Art of ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Before beginning a vocal lesson with students at Washington High School, visiting teacher and professional opera singer Dorian McCall has them start with abdominal exercises. Lenora ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- He can bring you to tears with his Italian arias. But tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz started his musical journey by singing popular Spanish mariachi songs. The Mexican singer starred in the ...

‘Contemporary opera needs to cater to contemporary times,’ says Harvard grad Benjamin Wenzelberg, whose new opera is based on James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ and makes its world premiere in Cambridge this ...