In middle school, classical music became a passion after Ritland started training with her first voice teacher, Maria Williams Kennedy, a former opera singer and classical music instructor.

On Thursday, Shelton, 80, takes center stage at the Abrons Arts Center in the world premiere of “Lucidity,” an opera about identity ... where few female singers perform past their 60s.

Mezzo-soprano Ellen Pearson has won first prize in the 2024 Hurn Court Opera Singer of the Year Competition. In total there were 84 entrants, 10 semi-finalists, and four finalists. Each finalist ...

But occasionally a singer enters the fray with a less than ... Sometimes, it would seem Tom Waits was more of a vaudevillian than he was a classic frontman. With a voice that sounds like a gravel ...

to understand and study opera, to immerse completely and do the work. "But it was much more than that, it was to understand Maria Callas and be able to play the character. "I had no idea how much ...

(Courtesy Kristen Loken/San Francisco Opera) Since 1977, San Francisco Opera’s Adler Fellowship program has prepped nearly 200 young artists who have become opera singers, conductors ... 15 at Herbst ...

A famous Malaysian female singer was arrested in Thailand for attempting to smuggle illegal drugs. According to local media such as the Thai Nation, Thai police indicted Malaysian singer Eda Ezrin ...

Selected track: “Blowin’ In The Wind”: Born out of an African-American spiritual called “No More Auction Block,” this song became a folk anthem and instant classic, with Peter ...

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