African American opera tenor George Shirley reflects on his trailblazing music career. As one of the first African American operatic performers, renowned tenor and trailblazer George Shirley’s ...

James Valenti has performed at major venues like The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, and even Yankee Stadium. He credits his high school choir teacher and the influence of The Three Tenors for ...

“Don’t you know that a tenor is a being apart, who holds the power of life and death over the works he sings, over the composers and consequently over poor devils of players . . . He is not a denizen ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. WASHINGTON (AP) — Opera tenor Christopher ...

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 ...

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 ...

Just before the New Year holiday, Korean tenor SeokJong Baek was on a plane from China to Phoenix, routing through LAX, when his phone rang. It was Peter Gelb, general manager of New York Metropolitan ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When tenor Xabier Anduaga first auditioned for Riccardo Frizza, the conductor recalls that “he opened his mouth, and after two notes I understood I was in front of something special.

Jonas Kaufmann will no longer sing at London’s Royal Opera House — because, of all things, the pay is too low. “I don’t know ...