Opera has birthed many stereotypes. We are all familiar with the phrase "It's not over till the fat lady sings!" But while singers come in all sizes, roles written for fat people have been relegated ...

It ain’t over till … Fat Leonard sings? Well, not quite. Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, the girthy fraudster at the heart of the worst bribery and corruption scandal in U.S. Navy ...

It might be facing a $350,000 deficit, a round of staff cuts and a scaled-back production schedule, but the Indianapolis Opera isn’t ready to cue the Fat Lady quite yet. Instead, the not-for-profit ...

When the curtain rises on Houston Grand Opera's current production of The End of the Affair, the first thing audiences see is the nude backside of baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. "Connoisseurs of the male ...

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It might not match the evil of Mephistopheles or even the witch from Hansel and Gretel, but for a group of young opera composers, writers and performers, there was plenty of drama to be found at ...

Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of passions. Opera also fears war—or at least the Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of ...

The general manager designate and artistic director of City Opera, who was aiming to revolutionize the company as it renovated its Lincoln Center home, is leaving his position amid deep financial ...