In the Canadian Opera Company's production of Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio, an opera that stands out for featuring two leading roles for coloratura soprano – the voice type known for speed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rainelle Krause rehearses aerial work as part of composer Léo Delibes' "Flower Duet" with Irini Kyriakidou in June 2018. The two ...

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When Orsola Pucciarelli took the stage at Reading’s Rajah Theatre in November 1933, it was a night of triumph and reunion. The 27-year-old Reading-born coloratura soprano had gone off to study voice ...

Beverly Sills, whose sparkling coloratura soprano and warm, spunky personality made her an international opera celebrity and whose experience as a mother made her a passionate advocate for children ...

I’ve always admired and envied those who can sing well, even though I can’t carry a tune myself. And there will be lots of remarkable singing at the inaugural Camille Coloratura Awards, coming soon to ...

Anyone who has heard the soprano Anu Komsi sing Sibelius's Luonnotar in concert, often as here with her husband Sakari Oramo conducting, will recognise the epic intensity and theatricality she brings ...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 90, an opera luminary celebrated as one of the finest coloratura sopranos of her generation but whose early membership in the Nazi Party long haunted her reputation, died Aug. 3 ...

Soprano Roberta Peters, 23, was just sitting down in the hairdresser’s shop one morning last week when the phone rang. It was a message from the Metropolitan Opera, warning that she might have to ...