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The New York City Opera’s opening production of Handel’s Julius Caesar last week was just minutes old when Contralto Maureen Forrester fixed hand to forehead, shuddered “Woe unto me,” and fainted dead ...

Contralto Emily Marvosh has every right to be resentful. She isn’t, but everything is not okay. The pandemic wiped out her livelihood: “100% of my income comes from performing,” she says. Every one of ...

Learn to love our low-voiced lady opera singers who get to play everything from royalty to rivals. Talk Like An Opera Geek: Managing Mezzos, Altos And Contraltos Talk Like An Opera Geek: Managing ...

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The award-winning Hickory Tree Chorus invites “passionate singers” to audition for an a cappella performance in the new year.

Manhattan playgoers last week saw Vickie (by S. M. Herzig; produced by Frank Mandel) do a bad job with a good idea. A satire on U.S. women’s war activities, it attacked the funny bone by way of the ...

We listen back to an interview with Sarah Hennies, the composer of a piece called “Contralto.” It’s part music, part documentary, and it features the voices of transgender women. This transcript was ...

Assistant Stage Manager/Father Joch Broadway Music in the Air 1932 Baritone (Choral Society) Broadway Music in the Air 1932 Baritone/Choral Society Broadway Music in the Air 1932 Basso (Choral Society ...