Under crystal chandeliers, two sopranos in long black gowns merged their voices with a tenor and a baritone. It was opera, but in a less-often-heard language: Spanish. The recital, called "Sonetos de ...

Who says the story is everything in opera? In the Spanish-language opera “Maria de Buenos Aires,” composer Astor Piazzolla and librettist Horacio Ferrer offer only the barest outline of a plot: A ...

Lecturer in Music Sheila Willey is bringing Spanish-language opera to the stage. The upcoming Opera and Zarzuela Scenes performance on March 13, 2025 at the Music Center Recital Hall on campus, will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this July 13, 1996 file photo, Montserrat Caballe during a concert in Dresden, Germany. Spanish opera diva Montserrat ...

It starts with a departure. As the boat leaves the dock, fast-paced NYC operagoers bid farewell to the old gray concrete jungle; seated and warm in surrender, they are swallowed by a tsunami of color.

"Florencia en el Amazonas" is a magical realist telling of an opera diva's journey to South America to find her long lost lover, a butterfly hunter who disappeared in the jungle. The protagonist ...

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Two sopranos, dressed in long black gowns, merged their voices with a tenor and a baritone under crystal chandeliers. But instead of a musical evening in Italian, French or German, ...

Caballe began her career in 1956 in Basel, Switzerland, and performed more than 4,000 times. The world-famous soprano is widely regarded as the last opera diva. The singer is renowned for her bel ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Montserrat Caballe, a Spanish opera singer renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti, has died. She was 85.