Opera Australia has fired singer Tamar Iveri for a letter to the president of her home nation of Georgia posted on social media where she compared participants in a gay pride parade to human excrement. » 6/24/14 8:54pm 6/24/14 8:54pm

The opera community is in what I assume is a very in-tune uproar after critics responded to one mezzo-soprano's performance with tacky, tacky cracks about her weight. » 5/20/14 6:25pm 5/20/14 6:25pm

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Tonight, we give it up for Lucia Popp, an Austrian-Czech opera singer who turned to music after studying medicine. Popp was a remarkable Viennese operetta singer, who was named an Austrian Kammersängerin. Sadly, she died on this day in 1993, but her beautiful voice still lives on. This one's in honor of my mother,… » 11/16/13 6:30pm 11/16/13 6:30pm

From Radio-Television of Slovenia, your newest source for everything amazing, comes an opera singer and classical orchestra performing Psy's addictive-obnoxious mega-hit. I can't lie, I don't love the original song or opera all that much, but this is the most wonderful. I can't decide who I love more — the overly… » 12/24/12 6:15pm 12/24/12 6:15pm

Retta was on Conan last night, talking about her love for opera and how everyone wants to do her or be her (OK, the second part was all me, but you were thinking it ADMIT IT). » 12/11/12 10:30am 12/11/12 10:30am

Yes, it's ironic that Anna Nicole Smith's tawdry life is being played out at the Royal Opera in Covent Garden. But it's downright poetic that it's apparently a critical hit. In death, the buxom blonde has finally been able to achieve something that she never quite could in life: She's being taken seriously. And by … » 2/18/11 2:04pm 2/18/11 2:04pm

[Sydney, November 9: The Australian PM speaks during a memorial service for opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland. Sutherland was recognized for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire. Image via Getty.] » 11/10/10 12:30pm 11/10/10 12:30pm

Coming soon to a small screen near you: "Anna Nicole, The Opera." Smith's life story will soon become the subject of a BBC Four production, with a Dutch soprano playing the title role. » 8/25/10 10:51am 8/25/10 10:51am

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From the creators of Jerry Springer: The Opera comes a similar treatment for Anna Nicole Smith. Except, unlike Springer, she's dead. Which makes this all feel a little awkward. [AP] » 3/11/10 1:30pm 3/11/10 1:30pm

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Soprano Daniela Dessi was set to play the lead in Franco Zeffirelli's new La Traviata, but quit the production after the legendary director made a crack about her build: » 1/08/10 6:20pm 1/08/10 6:20pm

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Hildegard Behrens, a dramatic sopranao famed for her interpretation of Wagner, has died at 72. The cause of death was apparently aneurism. [NYT] » 8/19/09 10:40am 8/19/09 10:40am

Ever since Deborah Voigt was fired from a production for being too fat to fit into a little black dress, opera critics have been charting a trend toward skinnier singers. But none have done so as annoyingly as Michael White. » 8/17/09 5:20pm 8/17/09 5:20pm

Betty Allen, who overcame a childhood of incredible challenges to become a world-renowned mezzo-soprano and voice teacher, has died at 83. Ms. Allen was also a famed arts administrator, running the Harlem School of the Arts for 13 years. [NYT] » 6/25/09 1:40pm 6/25/09 1:40pm