The New York City Opera’s opening production of Handel’s Julius Caesar last week was just minutes old when Contralto Maureen Forrester fixed hand to forehead, shuddered “Woe unto me,” and fainted dead ...

Five years ago without fuss or fancy advertising a 24-year-old mezzo-soprano made her debut at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Opera House. No one was much interested then in her youth or the fact that she ...

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, ...

Matt promised “three magnificent voices. “Claire Wild (soprano) has performed with leading opera companies, including Opera ...