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FAIRMONT — A band of veteran musicians from North Central West Virginia are reuniting this month to raise funds for a physicians group that is currently providing aid in the

North Central College Fine & Performing Arts has announced its 2022-2023 Performance Series in Naperville. Jim Peteriks World Stage, opera mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, Edwin McCain are just a few of featured performers.

Soprano Angel Blue says she won't perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of another work this summer.

Angel Blue, who is Black, called the "archaic" practice “offensive, humiliating, and outright racist.”

“Let’s do a Rossini comedy that doesn’t exist yet,” the head of the Glimmerglass Festival said. Coming soon: Ken Ludwig’s “Tenor Overboard.”

Glimmerglass “Tenor Overboard” has been conjured up in record time, at least by the...

The U.S. singer posted a note on her angeljoyblue Instagram page saying she will be bowing out of “La Traviata” at Verona’s Arena this month because the...

Angel Blue says she won't perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The US soprano...

A straight concert performance might have been better than this awkward half-measure, but Bryn Terfel is a commanding Wagnerian lead

The American soprano Angel Blue said she would not appear at the Arena di Verona after the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and other performers wore dark makeup in its production of “Aida.”