Marking his debut with the San Francisco Opera during its summer season has been Reginald "Reggie" Smith Jr. The gay black baritone Houston resident has been performing as Count Monterone in the ...

Countertenors — male opera singers who can sing very, very, very high — were a rarity when David Daniels came along. Now, nearly 20 years later, the American-born Daniels says countertenors are ...

Thank you for the recent coverage of the Kennedy Center Honors. While we are still on the subject, it may surprise people to learn that no American male opera singer has ever won a Kennedy Center ...

A La Jolla-based opera company that has been producing full-scale operas with up-and-coming performers for 18 years is facing closure amid a shortage of donations, and it plans to end its final season ...