In the Canadian Opera Company's production of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio, an opera that stands out for featuring two leading roles for coloratura soprano – the voice type known for speed ...

You would have to be in a pretty miserable mood not to enjoy the Vancouver Opera Festival’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella), a production that manages to be polished and cartoonish at the same time. The ...

That first time is a little daunting, for some us a lot daunting. Not only is there new jargon to learn, but it’s often not even in English! Whom can you trust enough to ask What’s ‘tessitura’ and is ...

Opera tends to be a love it or hate it form of artistic expression; I fall strictly into the latter camp, since I tend to feel the vocals ruin what otherwise might be a fine piece of music. That ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. NEW YORK — Yes, that really is a stratospheric A above high C that Audrey Luna sings the first time we hear ...

"Cut" may be a dirty word in purer-minded operatic circles, but even the most ardent fans of Richard Strauss must itch for the shears when it comes to Die schweigsame Frau. A really rather trivial ...

The Metropolitan Opera has a dazzling new coloratura soprano. She is Atlanta-born Mattiwilda Dobbs, 31, pert, appealing to the eye, solacing to the most opera-worn ear. She made her debut as Gilda in ...

OPERA translated into English, which had not been heard at the Metropolitan since the days when “Parsifal” was performed Anglice to spare the emotions of patriots who could not endure Wagner’s text in ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Yes, that really is a stratospheric A above high C that Audrey Luna sings the first time we hear her in “The Exterminating Angel.” The American coloratura soprano, one of many stars in ...