When Frank Maselli was in Rome on a Saturday night three years ago, he happened upon an outdoor concert in the piazza. A handful of singers were belting out opera arias to a piano accompaniment. “I ...

CHICAGO — Dai Chaing is about to become the world's most famous Chinese tenor — or at least the world's most famous Chinese tenor who sings Italian opera. Dai's fame will come as a result of the ...

When considering “blind auditions” for orchestras I began to wish opera companies were forced to cast their operas based on blind auditions. A blind audition means the auditors do not know anything ...

The majority of the theatres’ budgets have always come from government funds, but these have been progressively cut over time, leaving theatres scrambling for money to survive. The final blow came ...

An American soprano who sang when the United States rejoined UNESCO weighed in on the agency’s addition of Italian opera singing to a heritage list. By Farah Nayeri Is opera an endangered art form ...

Italian opera singing is now among the hundreds of cultural practices officially recognized by UNESCO. Elena Di Vincenzo / Archivio Elena Di Vincenzo / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images UNESCO has ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges? Ultimately, it was an opera piece by Catalani that took the contest, a ...

Jasmine Williams, master’s graduate and current Performer’s Diploma student, brings her artistry and training to HGO’s ...

It's a full house at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles where Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is performing a mix of Italian and French arias, Spanish and Mexican songs in a recital ...