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 ...

The George and Nora London Foundation Competition for American and Canadian opera singers, one of the opera world's oldest and most prestigious competitions, will hold its 54th event in 2026, with a ...

Giuseppe Verdi composed some of the greatest operas ever – La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and many others. But he regarded his finest accomplishment not as a particular opera but ...

Roberta Alexander, an acclaimed soprano and opera singer, died of a heart attack at her home in the Netherlands, according to her manager. She was 76. She was celebrated for her tone and expressive ...

Decades before the advent of American Idol, New York’s Metropolitan Opera, perhaps America’s most prestigious (and overrated) opera company, has held annual auditions to flush out promising singers.