Shakespeare has nothing to do with Bellini’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi,” which is based on a different version of the Romeo and Juliet story. But let’s quote the Bard anyway: “O Romeo, Romeo, ...

ROME – ROME (AP) — Giulietta Simionato, an Italian mezzo-soprano whose instantly recognizable voice was wildly popular with audiences, died Wednesday, La Scala opera house said. She would have turned ...

When it comes to buckling on a sword and leading French troops into battle against the perfidious English, you'd be hard pressed to find a more suitable opera singer than Dolora Zajick. Like Joan of ...

2 GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN To Premiere at Pittsburgh Playhouse 3 Pittsburgh Playhouse Will Develop GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN The Musical For Premiere in November This is the 10th year of the ...

Anita Rachvelishvili, the once-blazing mezzo-soprano, has struggled with vocal problems since her pregnancy two years ago. The mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and her husband, Otari Maisuradze, at ...

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 ...

Christa Ludwig, who poured a lustrous voice into dramatically taut performances of opera roles — especially those of Mozart, Strauss and Wagner — and intimately rendered art songs as one of the ...