Although I focus a lot on world music and jazz, I’ve always loved opera and art song. I saw the great German-British soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sing at the Hollywood Bowl in the late ’60s. On a ...

With a name like Aida, it’s no wonder this former World Opera Competition winner is on track for a major singing career — but first, a Met performance. Soprano Aida w is gearing up for her ...

There's a reference in the sleeve notes to Norwegian composer Ståle Kleiberg’s use of “a highly distinctive form of extended tonality.” Exactly what this entails is not spelt out. His music, at least ...

With a name like Aida, it’s no wonder this former World Opera Competition winner is on track for a major singing career — but first, a Met performance. Soprano Aida w is gearing up for her ...