WhenWhen Carmen was first performed in 1875, French conservatives were scandalised at the display of female independence, passion and eroticism by the mezzo-soprano with the lead role, reports The ...

Janis Martin, the Sacramento-born opera singer who began her career at the San Francisco Opera as a precocious, hardworking mezzo-soprano before attaining international prominence as a soprano in the ...

Soprano Asmik Grigorian is to sing the title role in Georges Bizet's “Carmen,” a mezzo-soprano touchstone, for the first time at the Salzburg Festival this summer ...

Pittsburgh Festival Opera has announced the winners of the 10th Annual Mildred Miller International Vocal Competition, Mezzo-Soprano Edition. This is the 10th year of the event that celebrated the ...

Yo-Yo Ma! Joyce DiDonato! Leonidas Kavakos! Leila Josefowicz! The Minnesota Orchestra will be keeping some pretty impressive company during Thomas Søndergård’s third season as music director. Tickets ...