He should know. Madagame, 28, is part of a new wave of transgender opera singers. Trained as a mezzo-soprano, he risked his singing career when he transitioned several years ago and began taking ...
Pocatello, ID (KIFI) In the world of opera — where careers are built over decades, and recognition is rare — Pocatello native Jessica E. Jones’ Grammy win is a remarkable achievement. But the real ...
Khachatur Badalyan (born 1982, Ordzhonikidze, currently – Vladikavkaz) is a Russian operatic tenor and a soloist of the Novaya Opera Theatre in Moscow (since 2007, with a break) […] ...
Eden Durham sings in an opera performance. Durham has done classical voice at BYU for three years, and was a finalist in the Young Artists of Voice competition this year. (Eden Durham) The BYU recital ...
The lineup for Queer/Bar’s Queer/Pride Festival has dropped with highlights like It-Girl Keke Palmer, Southern hip-hop queen JT (of City Girls), house music heavy Honey Dijon, TV personality/pop diva ...
This weekend, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra puts on a bit of Pride at the Meyerson. Not only will lesbian conductor Marin Alsop lead the orchestra in a performance of Strauss’ “Don Juan” and Brahms’ ...
Black voices have long faced a difficult path to inclusion in opera, and they're still underrepresented to this day, from the boardroom to the stage.
Camilla Williams, the first African-American singer to appear with a major American opera company, and Illinois University’s first black professor of voice, has died at age 92. The soprano passed away ...