This Black History Month, we're taking a moment to honor the trailblazers and notable performers at the iconic Metropolitan ...

Over the course of a distinguished and prolific career as a musician, composer and educator, New Orleans native Terence Blanchard has produced a massive body of work. It ranges from Oscar-nominated ...

This Iowan broke racial barriers for Black men in opera and used his acclaim and faith to give back as a philanthropist and ...

From spiritual arrangements to symphonic works, the pioneering composer wrote it all. Her legacy is honored with a weekend of programming at Northwestern University, her alma mater.

After singing on the world’s top opera stages for more than 40 years, acclaimed mezzo soprano Denyce Graves took a final bow last month and is pivoting to teaching the next generation. Senior arts ...

I talk with John Holiday about his upcoming LA Opera star performance in Akhnaten, his creative process, and his widely ...

What: George and Ira Gershwin’s quintessential American opera features “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and other ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting the world premiere of safronia, a landmark musical composition commissioned from Chicago ...

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They say that winners write history and the losers - poetry. But in this case - where the following women were absolute ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Perry Lower Intermediate School is celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary by hosting a replica of the Declaration of ...

Go behind the scenes of “Porgy and Bess” at a March 2 Meet the Artists talk at the Black Archives of Mid-America.