Growing up, Cory McGee learned valuable lessons from three opera singers of color, all of whom inspired him to pursue his goal. One was soprano Leontyne Price, who was the first Black opera singer to ...
NEW YORK – When the Metropolitan Opera announced in February that it would present John Adams' "The Death of Klinghoffer" this fall, there was, as Peter Gelb recalls it, "absolutely no reaction" at ...
Opera, long seen as the sole preserve of the fuddy-duddy, black-tie and furs brigade, has been getting a Hollywood makeover of late and looks set to impress a whole new chorus of admirers. In ...
Forty journalists from 10 countries are preceding thousands of opera lovers preparing to descend on the Masada Fortress for a rendition of the Aida, the so-called “Jewish Opera” by Verdi, following ...