Growing up in South Africa, internationally celebrated opera singer Pretty Yende hadn’t even heard of opera until she was almost out of high school. Now, she’s hailed as one of her generation’s most ...

South African opera singer Pretty Yende, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last years, has hit new heights in a Paris production of "La Traviata" where the heroine is a social media influencer ...

Kick off Black History Month with an evening of powerful voices and extraordinary stories at the Bryant Library in Roslyn. Soprano and educator Tanisha Mitchell will present “Opera in Ebony: Tribute ...

Camilla Williams, the first African-American singer to appear with a major American opera company, and Illinois University’s first black professor of voice, has died at age 92. The soprano passed away ...

Cape Town Opera (CTO) has announced the appointment of eight singers to its prestigious Judith Neilson Young Artist Programme for the year ahead, marking another chapter in the company's ongoing ...

The journalist, Theo, arrives as an ardent admirer, eager to uncover the “truth” of the woman he has idolised for years. Yet as the conversation unfolds, it becomes increasingly clear how difficult, ...

An African American who spent much of her career based in the Netherlands, she said her race was less of a factor in Europe when being considered for a wide variety of opera roles. By Adam Nossiter ...