Placido Domingo News

Like many Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, Daniel Rodriguez was driving into Manhattan to go to work.

Samuel Johnson had a point, and there's no use pretending otherwise. This only makes the achievement of Vancouver Opera, 50 years old this season and in rude good health, all the more significant.

By Linda Ann Chomin CONTRIBUTING WRITER Anyone who enjoys opera and classical music won't want to miss the Dec.

Maureen O'Flynn may not end up with a safe academic post at the end of her singing career.

Echoing the recent trend for classical music played with authentic period instrumentation, Alberto Veronesi here presents a series of Puccini arias and orchestral pieces according to the original versions premiered by the composer.

STUDDED tribute concert to Luciano Pavarotti, held in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan in October 2008, will be screened at The Plaza, Truro, this week.

Soprano Tracy Dahl sang splendidly at Vancouver Opera's anniversary gala. Vancouver Opera Golden anniversary Concert Leonard Bernstein's overture to Candide opened Vancouver Opera's 50th-anniversary gala with a flash of showmanship.

Actors perform during a dress rehearsal of the San Francisco Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's "Otello" at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, Calif.

Experiencing a worthy performance of a great opera, such as Pittsburgh Opera's recent production of "Falstaff," is as much a matter of excitement as satisfaction.

Opera singers in the twilight of their careers, especially divas, tend to be drawn to lesser known, even second-rate operas they like and feel comfortable singing.

One of the most soaring voices in the world has taken a dive, but we don't mean that unkindly.

The Toledo Opera is celebrating the half-century mark of its formation this year, but it feels like a young 50.

Plcido Domingo, the star tenor, said his usual prayer to St Blaise, patron saint of healthy throats, skipped on to the Berlin stage - and promptly transformed himself into a baritone.

Under a brilliant Texas sun, Dallasa s wealthiest arts patrons -- among them oilman Bruce Calder, mergers and acquisitions super-lawyer Hal Brierley and art collector and philanthropist John Dayton -- thronged the citya s fantastic new opera palazzo on Friday night for the premiere of its inaugural production, Verdia s a oeOtello.a Many women wore ...

Argentine opera singer Gabriela Pochinki said Monday that she was talking to the organizers of the Las Vegas premiere of Michael Jackson's film "This Is It" when she was arrested at a swank Manhattan restaurant for yelling into her cell phone.

The notes were all there. The voice had its familiar warm and muscular sound. The technique remains rock-solid. And yet ... It seems that no amount of hard work or willpower could transform Placido Domingo into the baritone for whom Verdi wrote the title role of his opera "Simon Boccanegra." That gradually became apparent on Saturday night as the ...

After Sept. 11, 2001, Daniel Rodriguez, then a member of the New York City Police Department and one of its designated singers of the national anthem, became known as the "singing policeman" for his stirring renditions of both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America." In the aftermath of it all, Rodriguez received an invitation to study ...

Dallas Opera WinspearInaugurated with a concert by Maria Callas, the Dallas Opera, then called Dallas Civic Opera, was one of the most prominent of numerous regional opera companies founded in the 1950s.

At 68, he's past the usual retirement age, but Placido Domingo is still adding to a remarkable resume that includes tenor, conductor and opera administrator.

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter were among those presented in Dresden with Echo awards, one of the most prestigious classical music prizes.