Essentially, opera is an art form that is nearly entirely reliant on donations. The top opera companies pull anywhere between ...

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Watch as renowned tenor SeokJong Baek sings an excerpt from Calàf’s Act III aria in an early dress rehearsals for the Met Opera's Turandot. Baek just made his Met debut last year. Mr. Baek was the 1st ...

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 ...

When it comes to challenging operatic roles for tenors, the clown troupe leader Canio in Leoncavallo Ruggero’s beloved 1892 “Pagliacci” is right up there. It requires power-singing, vocal range and ...

Directed by AJ Feux, the cast has several strong performances. Grant Savoy as Max captures the character’s nervous energy and growing desperation as he gets swept up in the hilarious chaos of mistaken ...

Vladyslav Horai, a renowned tenor and soloist of the Odesa National Opera, was killed in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast while on a volunteer mission, the opera house reported on June 8. "A tragic ...

In the dressing rooms of the Santa Fe Opera last week, the Metropolitan Opera’s George Shirley daubed his face with a pinkish cream, molded layers of face putty across his high cheekbones and along ...