There isn't a musical instrument on earth that can produce sounds as varied, as beautiful, and as heart-rending as the voice of a woman. That's why we worship our great sopranos, and call them divas.

If God gives you a talent, he wants you to share it. It becomes your destiny to live for other people and realize God's plan to make this world more beautiful, kind, and loving. God gives people ...

The verismo era flourished a little more than a century ago, when composers like Giacomo Puccini, Umberto Giordano and Alfredo Catalani crafted an operatic style melding elements of Wagnerian harmony ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The stage was set, the chandeliers dimmed and the audience hushed. Then superstar Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, in a ruffled flamingo-pink gown and sparkling heels, made her ...

"Lots of opera singers are just boring. Bo-o-o-ring. C'mon: get a life! Be more extra—extra—" The world's most famous soprano, Anna Netrebko, can't find the right word. This is a rarity. Extravagant?

In the L.A. Opera’s recent production of “Manon,” Netrebko updated the 18th-century French courtesan to a starstruck 1950s teenager trying to impersonate the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Gina Lollobrigida ...

Anna Netrebko wrote defiant messages on social media. After a chaotic week, Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from performances at New York City's Metropolitan Opera House. "It is a great ...

The Ann Arbor Police Department has arrested Lagarien Thomas, 33, who stabbed a victim at a construction site on the campus of the University of Michigan. Read full article: Investigation underway ...