Nick Brownlee wanted to be a choral conductor, not an opera singer. Opera was, well . . . stuffy. “I hated it,” he says. “I hated opera. I hated the thought of it. I was a choral guy, not an opera guy ...

Houston Grand Opera's audiences will soon be hearing a lot from bass-baritone Ryan McKinny. He plays one of the most powerful roles in Italian opera, the tormented jester at the center of Giuseppe ...

They are the villains, the kings, the fathers, and they are the lowest male voices in opera. Musica speaks to Ferruccio Furlanetto, Bryn Terfel and Ludovic Tézier about what it takes to embody the ...

Composer, conductor, and bass-baritone Damien Geter has revealed his 2023-2024 season, which includes the world premiere of American Apollo, a workshop of his new major opera Loving v. Virginia, the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — He opened the season as kindly Uncle Paul in the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones.” Next night he was the vagabond monk Varlaam, stopping ...

Many music enthusiasts struggle to distinguish between male vocal ranges, often confusing tenors with baritones or basses with countertenors. This lack of understanding can limit our appreciation of ...

Konstantinos Stafylides wins top prize at the prestigious International Voice Competition Boris Martinovich, securing a promising future in the opera world. Opera must embrace the modern world. We can ...