Across history, the opera has run afoul of censors for its brutality and nudity. The current production at the Lyric Opera of Chicago runs through Feb. 14.

Patti Smith is an inspiration to musicians and poets around the world. However, even the most inspirational music legends have inspirations of their own. For the “Gloria” hitmaker, that inspiration ...

If she has the voice of an angel, and the face of an angel, she must be an Angel. Angel Blue, that is. The American soprano, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the ...

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.

The life of an opera singer is often a perilous one because it relies on that most fragile of all vessels, the human body. Palm Beach Opera faced that reality this week when Jessica Pratt, its star ...

Squeamish about contemporary classical music? Meet Barbara Hannigan. With more than 80 world premieres to her credit, she has a knack for making modern music sound effortless and approachable. The ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago revealed that soprano Jennifer Holloway will portray the title role in Richard Strauss’s Salome, on stage January 25 through February 14, 2026. Holloway will step into the role ...

Soprano Margaret Woods and pianist J.J. Penna will perform together for Arts on the Square at Market Square Presbyterian Church. The concert will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the church, 20 S.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In honor of that landmark 80th-anniversary production of the second Rodgers ...

The bony-faced, roan-haired soprano who stepped onto the stage of Manhattan’s Metropolitan Opera last week had already been honored in England as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In ...