Denyce Graves was a young mezzo-soprano, fresh out of the conservatory and serving an apprenticeship with Houston Grand Opera, when her phone rang. It was her agent. "He said, 'Denyce, I've got some ...

Holiday isn’t the only one who’s fallen under the spell of Denyce Graves. She’s thrilled audiences everywhere, from the world’s great opera houses to the White House. She’s won a Grammy, an Emmy, and ...

Symone Harcum was a graduate student when she met the mezzo-soprano, who guided her through a field that has traditionally overlooked Black women. From top: Denyce Graves, 59, mezzo-soprano opera ...

One night early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baltimore County-based opera singer Denyce Graves had a conversation with a student that left her badly shaken. “She was really very angry with me,” ...

NEW YORK — Denyce Graves has star power to burn, and she uses every watt of it to light up an otherwise dreary Metropolitan Opera revival of Bizet's "Carmen." The mezzo-soprano — looking ravishing and ...

This is what's transpired in the past six years of Denyce Graves's ever-epic life: She was dumped by a boyfriend who no longer wished to follow her around the world. She found herself heartbroken and ...