Growing up, Cory McGee learned valuable lessons from three opera singers of color, all of whom inspired him to pursue his goal. One was soprano Leontyne Price, who was the first Black opera singer to ...

NEW YORK – When the Metropolitan Opera announced in February that it would present John Adams' "The Death of Klinghoffer" this fall, there was, as Peter Gelb recalls it, "absolutely no reaction" at ...

“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves,” poet Emily Dickinson once said, and designing a cheeky narrative surrounding her young life is absolutely no different.

A new exhibit highlights Sendak’s set and costume designs for opera and ballet. By the 1970s, Maurice Sendak was one of the greatest living writers and illustrators of children’s books. He had written ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — People are speaking out on social media after a performance of the Knoxville Opera's Madame Butterfly. Pictures taken show actors wearing makeup resembling people of Asian decent.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The COVID-19 pandemic has forced almost all of us to alter our way of doing business. A popular way of describing the process is to proclaim, “Back to the drawing board.” ...

Lisa Bielby is the first foreigner in history known to have participated in a Sichuan Opera contest. Born in Michigan of the US, Bielby started to study drama in her hometown when she was 13 years old ...

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“If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves,” poet Emily Dickinson once said, and designing a cheeky narrative surrounding her young life is absolutely no different.