Dressed in hip clothes – cool sneakers, stocking cap pulled tightly over the head and all the rest – Marcus Shelton could pass for a rock star. But the “Opera Rocks” T-shirt tells a different story.
Saint-Saëns' "Samson et Dalila" is the kind of lesser known treasure that makes a great addition to any aficionado's list.
LONDON — Vittorio Grigolo got his first major operatic break in June 2010, when the Royal Opera House cast him at the last minute in Massenet’s “Manon.” Critics and audiences were ecstatic. F Farah ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- He can bring you to tears with his Italian arias. But tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz started his musical journey by singing popular Spanish mariachi songs. The Mexican singer starred in the ...
In Italy, where opera is treated as a blood sport, tenors must perform like star athletes or risk the kind of booing that would make an American opera lover blanch. Like athletes, they're expected to ...
Over the past 15 years, opera tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz has performed more than 60 roles in more than 30 countries, and virtually everywhere he goes, critics praise his emotional connection with the ...