The Met has announced the winners of the 2026 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition, awarding six ...

In some respects, this generation of transgender singers is adding a new wrinkle to a very old tradition: Opera has been gender fluid since its beginnings. The earliest operas had boys’ roles sung by ...

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Surrounded by a lifetime's worth of globe-trotting photographs, glimmering awards and glamorous gowns, including an elegant Japanese kimono, Leona Mitchell couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

An Oxford woman who died after a pedestrian crash was remembered as a local fixture and a classically trained singer in her obituary. Paula Bouthiller, 91, was walking home from the post office on Dec ...