Opera has birthed many stereotypes. We are all familiar with the phrase "It's not over till the fat lady sings!" But while singers come in all sizes, roles written for fat people have been relegated ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Composer Tommy Dougherty says he has a fascination with the man known as Fat Leonard. Defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis pleaded guilty to bribing Navy officers with ...

It might be facing a $350,000 deficit, a round of staff cuts and a scaled-back production schedule, but the Indianapolis Opera isn’t ready to cue the Fat Lady quite yet. Instead, the not-for-profit ...

When the curtain rises on Houston Grand Opera's current production of The End of the Affair, the first thing audiences see is the nude backside of baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. "Connoisseurs of the male ...

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It might not match the evil of Mephistopheles or even the witch from Hansel and Gretel, but for a group of young opera composers, writers and performers, there was plenty of drama to be found at ...

Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of passions. Opera also fears war—or at least the Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of ...

If you could get inside the head of the average school kid, what would you find about opera? Fat-lady clichés topped with horns and singing at the top of their lungs for hours? Or would you find a ...

The general manager designate and artistic director of City Opera, who was aiming to revolutionize the company as it renovated its Lincoln Center home, is leaving his position amid deep financial ...

Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of passions. Opera also fears war—or at least the Opera, the most multilayered art form, loves war for its multiplicity of ...