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Opera Singers Join Me at the University

While playing piano at the university, two opera singers unexpectedly joined me — and everything changed. Students paused, conversations stopped, and a quiet hallway turned into a live performance ...
NBC Washington

Opera singer Denyce Graves tells how growing up in Anacostia helped her career

Opera singer Denyce Graves’ voice has taken her around the world – but her journey started in Southeast D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood. As Graves helped to inspire the next generation of opera stars, ...

Grace City Opera’s Nutcracker Collaboration Shines at The Smith Center

MLLV’s Patrick Worley joins opera singer Claudia Merrill to highlight Grace City Opera Theatre’s upcoming pre-Nutcracker ...
Stuff.co.nz

Adele to make acting debut in film about castrated opera singer

Adele is set to make her acting debut in a film about a castrated opera singer. The singer will star in Tom Ford’s Cry to Heaven, Variety reported on Thursday. The film is set in 18th century Italy ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, advocate for opera for all, on her first Australian tour

Thanks to The Wizard of Oz, the state of Kansas will forever be known for its tornadoes. Another Kansas-born force of nature, the self-styled 'Yankee Diva' and multi-Grammy-winning opera singer Joyce ...
Chicago Sun-Times

‘Mellon Collie’ with a mezzo-soprano: How the Smashing Pumpkins’ ’90s rock album became an opera

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WBEZ

‘Mellon Collie’ with a mezzo-soprano: How the Smashing Pumpkins’ ’90s rock album became an opera

New York composer and conductor James Lowe worked closely with Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan to adapt the 30-year-old album for a show that’s more Mozart than rock. So perhaps it comes as ...
OperaWire

Q & A: Composer Damien Geter & Librettist Jarrod Lee of ‘Delta King Blues’ on the Evolution of Opera

The resulting opera is "Delta King Blues" and the men in question are composer Damien Geter and librettist Jarrod Lee.
The New Zealand Herald

‘More than a singer’: Global opera community pays tribute to Sir Donald McIntyre

Mr Monroe was a man given to definitive statements. A corpulent English teacher with a trained baritone voice, he would say things like, “This is not fat, it’s muscle and it’s what enables me to sing, ...
Us Weekly

Lauren Jauregui Says She Cried Over Robert Irwin’s ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Win: ‘Deserving as F***’ (Exclusive)

Lauren Jauregui was overwhelmed with emotion as Robert Irwin was crowned the season 34 winner of Dancing With the Stars. “Oh, my God, I cried,” Jauregui, 29, told Us Weekly exclusively after the ...
Le Monde.fr

At the Opéra Bastille, Wagner's 'Valkyries' shines thanks to its singers

Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Siegmund) and Elza van den Heever (Sieglinde) in 'Die Walküre,' at the Opéra Bastille, November 8, 2025. HERWIG PRAMMER/ONP The stage is overtaken by a vast mesh structure, ...