The composer noted how few roles there are for singers above a certain age and said the bias appeared to be particularly entrenched in opera. “An 80-year-old voice is not a 38-year-old voice ...

It went through several iterations, being renamed once before becoming the Opera House in 1920. It's also been used for different functions; as a cinema in WW2, then a bingo hall before reopening as a ...

then you should meet opera singers Julie Ly and Karly Ritland. They could well change your mind. “Opera often gets a bad rap for being snooty or elitist, with many people feeling like they need ...

Mezzo-soprano Ellen Pearson has won first prize in the 2024 Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition. In total there were 84 entrants, 10 semi-finalists, and four finalists. Each finalist ...

Speaking to the BBC, Evans said: “I am honestly still pinching myself, a portly balding opera singer, me, taking part in Strictly Come Dancing?! I’m not entirely sure how I’ll get along ...

Angelina Jolie is doing it the hard way. She’s playing an opera singer in “Maria.” You know she could’ve faked it. She could’ve lip-synced. Instead, the Oscar-winning actress conquered ...

Rebecca's mother is American opera singer Maria Ewing, who made her professional debut in 1970. Maria met Sir Richard in 1978 with the pair bonding over their similar mindsets on operatic productions.

POCATELLO — Just a few months ago, Pocatello native Jordan Bowman was on stage at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, where she made her solo debut as an opera singer. Today, she is back in her ...

“Should I call you Maria or La Callas?” So opens the official trailer (watch below) for Pablo Larraín’s Maria, a biopic about opera singer Maria Callas, one of the world’s most renowned ...

(Courtesy Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera) Since 1977, San Francisco Opera’s Adler Fellowship program has prepped nearly 200 young artists who have become opera singers, conductors, stage directors, ...