Young, aspiring opera singers from around the country will soon have a chance to perform at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Columbia. The competition is the world's most ...

when he was 16. He attended Eastside High School and was directed toward opera by a teacher after he performed Jud Fry in “Oklahoma!” Plishka majored in music at Montclair State College and ...

For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

The Live from the MET in HD series continues with the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “Aida” at noon and 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Lark Theater at 549 Magnolia Ave. in Larkspur.

The Metropolitan Opera opened the New Year with its first new staging of Verdi’s Aida in 37 years. Regulars had every right to be trepidatious: A few years ago we witnessed Gounod’s Faust drop the ...

Angel Blue, soprano superstar and Los Angeles native, stars in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Aida, streaming Live in HD to cinemas around the world on Saturday ...

This year’s Prototype, a showcase of experimental opera and theater, was stylistically broad but the focus was on the human voice in all its weirdness. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Even before ...

They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé’s opera “Morgiane” – the earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American – more than century after he composed the opus.

From the opening rattle of Janáček's rural mill-wheel – the xylophone used in the first production apparently imported from Czechia, such is his sense of detail – via the strings which flame around ...

(AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File) Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died. He was 83. Plishka died ...

His operatic career spanned from 1951 to 1976, and over those 25 years he became a legend of La Scala in Milan as well as New York’s Metropolitan Opera. His artistry remains hugely influential, with ...

The Metropolitan Opera has announced a cast change for its Jan. 16 performance of “Rigoletto.” The company said, “For tonight’s performance of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto,’ the role of the Duke of Mantua will ...