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Opera is famously a grand synthesis of all the arts, or at least so its devotees would have you believe. It combines orchestral and vocal music, theater, dance, visual arts, literature and, ...

Microsoft had Bill Gates. Starbucks has Howard Schultz. And the Seattle Opera had its own leading men, Glynn Ross and Speight Jenkins. Regarding the question of whether the man makes history or ...

African-American opera performers Shirley Verrett and George Shirley remember a black opera pioneer. Robert McFerrin was the first black male soloist to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. That was in ...

The Southern Theatre has been home to many opera productions over the years. For the last 35 years, Opera Columbus has provided the capital city with a hometown company and amazing works. However ...

Editor’s Note: Naomi André is an opera expert, academic and published author. Her most recent book is “Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely ...