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Baritone Samuel Schultz, who was sexually assaulted by famed countertenor David Daniels in 2010. Daniels pleaded guilty on Friday in a Houston courtroom.

After singer David Daniels' guilty plea, the victim speaks out

4:31pm August 07, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The opera star who once sang on stages around the world suddenly pleaded guilty to sexual assault on Friday. The assaulted man, singer Samuel Schultz, reflects on the experiences he has endured.

David Daniels performs in the title role of Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Metropolitan Opera in 2007.

Opera singer David Daniels pleads guilty in sexual assault trial

8:38pm August 04, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The world-renowned countertenor and his husband were accused of drugging and raping a young singer in 2010.

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UNCSA announces new season with 21st century conservatory in mind

4:05pm August 25, 2022

by David Ford

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem has just announced its upcoming perfor

Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in Unholy Wars in Charleston, S.C., in May.

An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades

2:36pm June 20, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C., at Spoleto Festival USA.

The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

12:20pm June 07, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

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American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009.

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Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95

4:12pm September 30, 2021

by Tom Huizenga

Known primarily for his southern-flavored operas, Floyd helped create an American opera vernacular. His 1955 hit Susannah won the New York Music Critics Circle Award and helped launch his career.

Composer and pianist Anthony Davis, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

Anthony Davis Wins Pulitzer Prize For His Opera 'The Central Park Five'

6:47pm May 04, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Central Park Five is an operatic narrative retelling the true story about the five African-American and Latino teenagers wrongly convicted of raping and assaulting a white woman in 1989.

Kim Davey (left), a passenger in Menzi Mngoma's Uber, made a video of his in-car opera singing that went viral.

Video Of An Uber Driver In South Africa Singing Opera Goes Viral

10:00am July 13, 2019

by Susie Neilson

Menzi Mngoma is hoping that the exposure will help him further his dream of becoming an international singing sensation who doesn't have to drive for Uber.

Dancers perform in Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera, a fiery show that makes its revival this week after being locked up for more than a century.

'Tabasco' Opera Makes Fiery Return in New Orleans

5:07pm January 25, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

New Orleans conductor Paul Mauffray lifts the lid on a hot sauce opera that had been bottled up for a century. The show ran on Broadway in the late 1800s, and yes, it's about Tabasco.

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The 1983 Canadian Opera Company production of Elektra, the first to use supertitles.

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Read 'Em And Weep: Celebrating 35 Years Of Opera Supertitles

8:02am January 21, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

In 1983, the Canadian Opera Company was the first to use simultaneous translations projected above the stage. Now it's an expected part of the opera-going experience.