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Some opportunities to hear tenor Joseph Calleja: - Recordings: Calleja has released two solo albums, Tenor Arias and The Golden Voice , both on Decca Classics, and is heard on complete recordings of Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" and Bellini's "I Capuleti e I Montechhi" . - You Tube: More than 100 audio and video clips of Calleja singing.

For the first time in the UK, a black tenor is performing as Otello. So is opera now colour-blind? Neil Fisher Any singer who takes the title role in Verdi's Otello is facing one of the most challenging endurance tests in opera.

The annual concert of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation, which was created in 1975 to offer emerging singers awards, grants and performance opportunities, took place at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday evening.

Although Frederick Burchinal has appeared as Falstaff in the Verdi opera of the same name for more than two decades - "from Oslo to Brazil" - the veteran baritone doesn't consider the lusty character to be his signature role.

A funny thing happened on the way through the program at the Richard Tucker Gala: The night's honouree, tenor Stephen Costello, nearly faded into the woodwork that panels Avery Fisher Hall.

During Act 1 of Verdi's "Otello" at the San Francisco Opera, a mob gathers to exult in Otello's victory over the Turkish fleet.

Puccini's 'Suor Angelica' is paired with selections from other classic works for a musical evening presented by the Rowan Opera Company on November 20 and 21, 2009 at 8 pm in Pfleeger Concert Hall.

Kai Talim, 16, takes a bow after performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Portland Youth Philharmonic during a dress rehearsal at George Fox University.

It's clear that the people of Oakland and its outlying areas love their symphony orchestra.

Verdi's Otello War Memorial Opera House Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 Better than: Most professional athletes' returns from retirement Local opera fans may not realize it, but they owe a debt of gratitude to Giulio Ricordi and Arrigo Boito.

Top line: More than 100 voices come together to perform some of the most beautiful and memorable choruses from 11 operas in a night of celebration for the Mississippi Opera.

For anyone wondering what on earth the Overture to Leonard Bernstein's Candide was doing at the start of this bizarre, rag-bag of an evening might I suggest that the inference may have been that "in the best of all possible worlds" Angela Gheorghiu would have been singing more than two arias in the official programme with two more tired old ...

Put on a production of Verdi's "Otello," and all anyone wants to know about is the tenor in the title role.

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.

A weekend for opera fans Local opera lovers, say 'Bravo!' Today you can catch another installment of The Met: Live in HD series.

Victor Hugo is one of the great jewels of French literature. It's sad that, in America at least, he's mostly thought of as the provider of plot lines for the musical Les Miserables and for Verdi operas.

Baritone Marco Vratogna and soprano Zvetelina Vassileva co-star in Verdi's masterpiece opening this Sunday at the War Memorial Opera House By SeA n Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka San Francisco Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's masterwork OTELLO , opening Sunday afternoon, November 8th, with six subsequent performances ...

The UL Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Michael Blaney, will present its annual Halloween concert Friday in the Angelle Hall auditorium.

A dramatic performance of Verdi's Otello opened the Dallas Opera's season on Friday night.