Essentially, opera is an art form that is nearly entirely reliant on donations. The top opera companies pull anywhere between ...

Vladyslav Horai, a renowned tenor and soloist of the Odesa National Opera, was killed in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Oblast while on a volunteer mission, the opera house reported on June 8. "A tragic ...

Many people believe that Italy is the only country that can give birth to great tenors, such as Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, and Luciano Pavarotti. However, Richard Tucker, who was born in Brooklyn ...

When it comes to challenging operatic roles for tenors, the clown troupe leader Canio in Leoncavallo Ruggero’s beloved 1892 “Pagliacci” is right up there. It requires power-singing, vocal range and ...

James Valenti has performed at major venues like The Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, and even Yankee Stadium. He credits his high school choir teacher and the influence of The Three Tenors for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Opera tenor Christopher Macchio will sing the national anthem at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration before a much smaller crowd than he was expecting, a letdown with a ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Tenor Ben Gulley is coming home for the holidays. Actually, Cedar Rapids is wife Jessica Mallow Gulley’s ...

If you want to make a song everyone has heard thousands of times and make it as memorable and impactful as the first time you heard it, just take a cue from the 2025 U.S. presidential inauguration and ...

African American opera tenor George Shirley reflects on his trailblazing music career. As one of the first African American operatic performers, renowned tenor and trailblazer George Shirley’s ...

Ben Thapa, far right, with (from left) Michael Christie, Jonathan Ansell, Matt Stiff of G4 in 2005 - Dave Hogan/Getty Images Ben Thapa, the tenor who has died from kidney failure aged 42, was a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Opera tenor Christopher ...