It starts with a departure. As the boat leaves the dock, fast-paced NYC operagoers bid farewell to the old gray concrete jungle; seated and warm in surrender, they are swallowed by a tsunami of color.

Under crystal chandeliers, two sopranos in long black gowns merged their voices with a tenor and a baritone. It was opera, but in a less-often-heard language: Spanish. The recital, called "Sonetos de ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Montserrat Caballe, a Spanish opera singer renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, has died. She was 85.

Who says the story is everything in opera? In the Spanish-language opera “Maria de Buenos Aires,” composer Astor Piazzolla and librettist Horacio Ferrer offer only the barest outline of a plot: A ...

Maestro Dan Pasquale D’Andrea is conducting his Sinfonietta Bel Canto in two short operas during the chamber ensemble’s sixth season. The first one is “La Vida Breve” or “The Short Life” by Spanish ...

Lecturer in Music Sheila Willey is bringing Spanish-language opera to the stage. The upcoming Opera and Zarzuela Scenes performance on March 13, 2025 at the Music Center Recital Hall on campus, will ...

MADRID — Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo said Sunday that he’s infected with the coronavirus. The 79-year-old Domingo said in a post on his personal Facebook account Sunday that “I feel it is my ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Inside the California Theater, Opera San Jose is presenting its first Spanish language opera performance. Florencia en el Amazonas by Daniel Catán is a story rich for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this July 13, 1996 file photo, Montserrat Caballe during a concert in Dresden, Germany. Spanish opera diva Montserrat ...