Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at ...

Andrew Frierson, whose bass-baritone reverberated from the stages of theaters and music halls around the world as part of the first generation of black opera singers to make their voices heard, died ...

On Monday evening, Grammy-nominated opera, classical and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes was found stabbed to death inside his Santa Monica home. Police have since arrested his son on suspicion of ...

Originally from Ohio, Brownlee takes the expression “bel canto” (beautiful singing) to the max. He’s performed at the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala, as well as opera houses in Berlin, Paris, Rome ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Southeast Texas is mourning the loss of Richard Perkins, an internationally recognized opera singer and beloved community figure from Port Arthur, who died of lung cancer the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Grace Bumbry, a pioneering ...

In the original definition of 'diva,' she is described as a classical opera singer, usually a soprano. In that culture we see her onstage swathed in precise period costumes and/or tasteful gowns with ...

Hakeem Henderson was barely old enough to walk when he began carrying around a blue toy microphone. It was clear even then what his future career would be. In September, the 26-year-old Baltimorean ...