Known for his liquid bass tones and flawless diction, he appeared in 88 roles, many of them comic, over 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera.

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over ...

Long Beach Opera embarks on a risky, unprecedented season centered on pioneering composer Pauline Oliveros. "We’re just going ...

Huang Ruo's "The Monkey King," based on an episode from the 16th century Chinese novel "Journey to the West" in which a primate born from stone acquires supernatural powers and seeks immortality, will ...

The Russian singer, shunned over her past support of Vladimir V. Putin, made her first American appearance since 2019 at a ...

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Black American music is music of the spirit, a profound diversity of lessons to be enjoyed. Never duplicated but often imitated, its drumbeats are heartbeats of the inner person that ignites ...

Years ago, I lived in New York City and had season tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. Though loving most kinds of classical music, opera was not one of them. I nodded off at concerts (much to the ...

Next weekend, a star-studded cast takes the stage in Steinmetz Hall as Opera Orlando presents Massenet's Cendrillon, a ...

The Metropolitan Opera has gone dark for a month or so, but its orchestra is free to play—as it did last night in Carnegie ...

Harry Connick Jr. tells USA TODAY about his upcoming shows at New York City's Met Opera and why he's looking forward to the ...