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,” ...

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 ...

Celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, acclaimed for her riveting performances on the world's great opera stages, her activism in support of diversity in the arts, and her championing of new music, ...

Powerful, elegant, expressive, pure tone soprano Symone Harcum brought the audience to tears when she sang Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ L'amant anonyme (The Anonymous Lover) at an ...

No one would characterize mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves’ rise to the top ranks of the operatic world as a bed of roses. It’s clear when you talk with her that she sometimes questions the physical and ...

Harry T. Burleigh, who transformed Black spirituals into concert songs, presided over a landmark event that featured the singer who originally played Bess in “Porgy and Bess.” By James Barron Symone ...