In 2024, Hanje was the first-place winner of the Houston Grand Opera’s (HGO) Eleanor McCollum Competition Concert of Arias, earning her a spot in the Sarah and Ernest Butler Studio.
In January, I attended my first opera, Strauss’s Daphne at McCaw Hall. The experience was everything I wished it to be, ...
Milos Forman’s 1984 Mozart biopic Amadeus has a famous scene in which the composer stands before Emperor Joseph II defending his choice to set Beaumarchais’ The Marriage of Figaro to music despite the ...
The poignant performance of the work based on the Depression-era classic featured stellar turns from singers Demetrious Sampson, Jr. and Sam Dhobhany ...
Pacific Opera Project’s production of Puccini’s final opera, Turandot features the husband and wife team of tenor Clay Hilley and soprano Sara Duchovnay in the roles of Calàf and Liù respectively. I ...
This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.
At Stanford's Bing Concert Hall, the American soprano dazzled the crowd - and told Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet he ...
Operatic soprano Christine Goerke says actor Timothée Chalamet is sadly mistaken when he says opera and ballet are dying art ...
In this mostly comic opera about romantic disappointment, soprano Susanne Burgess portrays three very different heroines.
An aspiring Nigerian singer who competed on “The Voice Nigeria” has died after she was bitten by a snake in her sleep. She was 26. Ifunanya Nwangene died at a Nigerian hospital after she was bitten by ...
Opera Naples’ Festival Under the Stars reaches its crescendo this week with five consecutive sunset performances in Baker Park including the finals of the international voice competition started by ...
Soprano Lisette Oropesa made her Palm Beach Opera debut, sharing her artistic journey and Cuban heritage at the gala.