Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

Her nearness to God, the soprano says, has helped her navigate a difficult industry. Paola Kudacki/Met Opera The 40-year-old singer started voice lessons at the age of 6, initially coached by her ...

An Oxford woman who died after a pedestrian crash was remembered as a local fixture and a classically trained singer in her ...

A riveting two-hander, The Opera Singer peels back the diva’s glamour to reveal vulnerability and truth. Fiona Ramsay is ...

Surrounded by a lifetime's worth of globe-trotting photographs, glimmering awards and glamorous gowns, including an elegant Japanese kimono, Leona Mitchell couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Netrebko has become something of a pariah for her past associations with Vladimir Putin. (Pictured with the Russian president in ...

Stephanie Blythe is performing as Blythely Oratonio, a raunchy, aging tenor. Stephanie Blythe, 50, has spent half her life gracing the world's grandest stages, performing at the Metropolitan Opera as ...

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In Montgomery, Alabama, a statue of Rosa Parks stands just blocks from the State Capitol. At her feet, granite markers memorialize four other women, but the monument offers little else about them.

When I arrived home from the hospital with my hours-old baby nearly three decades ago, my next-door neighbour was making a dramatic exit from her red brick house.