Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced the winners of the 10th Annual Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition, Mezzo-Soprano Edition. This is the 10th year of the event that celebrated the ...

Peruse the catalogue of composer Richard Danielpour and one may deduce that he has a predilection for the mezzo-soprano voice. He’s written music for Jessye Norman (”Sweet Talk”), Denyce Graves ...

Patricia Johnson as Jane (Giovanna) Seymour in Anna Bolena by Donizetti at Glyndebourne in 1965 - Guy Gravett/Glyndebourne Productions/ArenaPAL Patricia Johnson, who has died aged 95, was a powerful ...

At 19, Tiara Abraham becomes one of the youngest opera singers accepted to the prestigious program at Aspen Music Festival ...

GENEVA — Soprano Joan Sutherland, one of the most celebrated opera singers of all time, has died. She was 83. A statement released today by her family said Sutherland died Sunday at her home near ...

In 2012, I commented on a performance at the Salzburg Festival—a performance of Handel’s opera Tamerlano, in concert. I wrote, “There was a mezzo-soprano, previously unknown to me: Marianne Crebassa, ...

In Philadelphia last week, Mezzo-Soprano Blanche Thebom declaimed the bitter story of Medea to the subdued accompaniment of the Philadelphia Orchestra. It was the world premiere of a 20-minute musical ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo doubled down on melancholy in a superb concert at the Park Avenue Armory. By Zachary Woolfe There ...

Seeing as the Minnesota Orchestra’s music director, Thomas Søndergård, established much of his European conducting reputation in the opera house, it’s appropriate that he should open the orchestra’s ...