Placido Domingo

Placido Domingo Will Sing This Famous Opera For The First Time

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

LONDON — Placido Domingo will sing the title character in Verdi's "Nabucco" for the first time at The Royal Opera next year. The new production...

Placido Domingo Opera Canceled

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

NEW YORK — The Opera Orchestra of New York has canceled its March 7 concert performance of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" with Placido Domingo after...

YoungArts Week and Young Artists in America

Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.14.2012

Michael Kaiser

While not every child today has the opportunity to dance, act, sing or play an instrument, there will always be a group of extraordinary people who have a need to express themselves and the have ability to do so. We need to continue to provide vehicles for these young artists.

A Simple Innovation: Spend the Money Wisely

John Merrow | Posted 04.11.2012

John Merrow

Why is the notion of trying to give poor kids the opportunities that rich kids take for granted anti-American?

Mixed-Media Extravaganza -- and a Global Message

David Tereshchuk | Posted 04.03.2012

David Tereshchuk

New York's Metropolitan Opera is currently wowing much of its faithful audience and, as hoped, enticing a newer public with its decidedly multimedia -- and multi-sourced -- confection, The Enchanted Island.

Opera Superstar Has An Interesting New Gig

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 03.18.2012

NEW YORK — Opera superstar Placido Domingo is getting ready to conduct 35 New York City schoolchildren who are studying music five days a week u...

The First Vocal Artist Ever To Win This Award

AP | Posted 03.11.2012

JERUSALEM — Acclaimed tenor Placido Domingo has been named a winner of Israel's prestigious Wolf Prize, along with seven other American, British...

Amy Lee

The Mash-Up Of The Opera World

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 01.07.2012

Famous singers, a score that plays like a mash-up of greatest hits and a plot that takes two famous romances and mixes them together -- no, it's not t...

What Do Placido Domingo And Metallica Have In Common?

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 09.28.2011

Celebrated opera star Placido Domingo has been named as chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a worldwide orga...

New York City Opera Musicians Protest

AP | Posted 09.11.2011

NEW YORK — Musicians of the New York City Opera are staging a protest as the company announces its new season. The union members say they're be...

Legendary Music Man Milt Okun -- Belafonte to John Denver to Placido

Jay Weston | Posted 08.21.2011

Jay Weston

Along the Cherry Lane chronicles Milt Okun's life from his music school teaching days to singing and writing folk songs to working with some of the biggest names in music.

The NYC Opera Is Fighting For Its Life

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 07.19.2011

NEW YORK — The New York City Opera, a pillar of American culture that for decades has built daring new productions along with the careers of sta...

Supreme Court Justice Still a Fashionista

Stephanie Green | Posted 07.09.2011

Stephanie Green

She may be an aging widow, but Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg proves she's still got it going on in the style department.

Soprano Ana Maria Martinez Prepares to Sing Butterfly at Washington National Opera

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Ana Maria Martinez is a quintessential modern diva, juggling opera and concert dates along with her busy family life.

The Powerful Appeal of Opera To Ethnic Communities (VIDEOS)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

George Heymont

In 1964, when a new musical based on the tales of Sholem Aleichem began its pre-Broadway tryout in Detroit, the producers feared the show might be "to...

Highlights This Week: Simpsons, Smithson, and Sopranos

Posted 05.25.2011

This week, HuffPost's Arts page watched as Flight of the Conchords and The Simpsons came together for some deserved art-world-mockery, our bloggers se...

Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season

Donna Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

Donna Perlmutter

First came the play, then the Oscar-winning movie, followed by the novel, and now the opera: Daniel Catán's Il Postino. Who says the postman rings but twice?

Placido Domingo Starring in World Premiere of Il Postino at LA Opera

Jay Weston | Posted 05.25.2011

Jay Weston

I am an opera buff. Unlikely as that may seem, considering my upbringing in a rough Brooklyn neighborhood, I had the advantage of a wonderful father who loved that music (and he wasn't even Italian).

Sing To Me: Opera In Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, And London

Nicole Campoy-Leffler | Posted 05.25.2011

Nicole Campoy-Leffler

IL POSTINO WHO: LA Opera WHAT:Il Postino, music by Daniel Catan WHEN: September 23 - October 16, 2010 WHERE: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 135 North Gran...

How Do You Lose $5,960,000 on an Opera?

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Ivan Katz

A deficit this stunning could only have happened as a result of world-class incompetence. It is a management failure without parallel in American opera history.

Buy LA Opera Stock

Laurence Vittes | Posted 05.25.2011

Laurence Vittes

Just about the time the Lakers hit training camp this fall, LA Opera will return from the outer space of Achim Freyer's Ring cycle and launch a blockbuster new season.

Where did Plácido Go?

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.25.2011

Ken Blackwell

When we hear that the American medical system is "broken," and hear that doctors here will cut off your foot or cut out your child's tonsils unnecessarily just for the fees, we should all protest.

Placido Domingo Opens New Restaurant Just Weeks After Cancer Surgery

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Domingo Discloses Season in Spite of LA Opera's Congestive Heart Failure

Carol Jean Delmar | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Jean Delmar

Although music critics never cease to be amazed at the longevity of Placido Domingo's vocal apparatus, they are now critical of his management of LA Opera and Washington National Opera, which are both in financial disarray.

Backstage View: 11 Reasons You Should Watch the Grammys

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

David Wild

From my privileged position backstage writing Music's Biggest Night, I offer you the people My Top 11 Reasons To Watch The GRAMMY Awards Sunday night on CBS.