Angela Meade ruled the stage as Norma last Saturday in an alluring new production at Washington National Opera, and judging from the ovation after her first aria and the "bravas" at the finale, this singer will now add another glittering success to her list of plaudits.

It is our responsibility in the field to continue to push the artform to exciting new levels, and to also offer educational opportunities to the next generation.

Whether cut short or lived to the fullest, the end of the calendar year provides a somber moment of reflection to honor the lives of artists who've pa...

The challenge for so many of us in the fields of classical music and opera today is that the number of celebrity artists is dwindling.

Oh dear -- one of the greatest of all is gone, a singer who for my generation was a defining light, a miraculous singer, and as Luciano said, "the voice of the century."

Dame Joan Sutherland, who passed away Sunday at the age of 83, was a legendary operatic soprano who's debut as Lucia di Lamermoor on stage at London's...