Born on a tiny, impoverished South Pacific island, Pene Pati remembers going to school without food. Now he is performing in operas at La Scala and the Met ...

NEW YORK (AP) — When tenor Xabier Anduaga first auditioned for Riccardo Frizza, the conductor recalls that “he opened his mouth, and after two notes I understood I was in front of something special.

“Don’t you know that a tenor is a being apart, who holds the power of life and death over the works he sings, over the composers and consequently over poor devils of players . . . He is not a denizen ...

The voice that for decades sounded the beginning of the Christmas season to Atlanta church-goers is still. That voice belonged to Sam Hagan. Accomplished in opera, Hagan performed with the Atlanta ...

In opera, gender plays several roles at once. For composers, it’s a fundamental organizing principle, with vocal ranges clearly delineated on either side of the fence — you’ve got your countertenors, ...