Spend one hour with Ewa Podles, and you will have not the slightest doubt that she will be a believable Julius Caesar. The Polish-born singer, who is cast in the title role in the upcoming Seattle ...

The world of music has given us many great female singers over the years. No matter whether you are a fan of rock, jazz, soul ...

Nuala Willis drawing roars of laughter as a frustrated divorcee at an airport terminal in Jonathan Dove’s opera Flight at Glyndebourne in 1998 - Alastair Muir/Shutterstock ​Nuala Willis ...

In an era when black women were portrayed on the silver screen only as overweight nannies and subservient maids, Etta Moten used her stunning beauty, powerful contralto voice and dominating screen ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar who used her rich, powerful contralto voice in the service of the American Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles ...

Avery Amereau was in the midst of an important day in New York City when Pasatiempo spoke with her by phone in early December. She was looking forward to her upcoming solo appearances with the Santa ...

NEW YORK (AP) — While singing on the world’s great stages, Nathalie Stutzmann thought about blond lager. “In Europe it’s very common to have the conductor getting a beer right backstage. I was so ...

“Oh là là! I’m actually living my dream,” said conductor and contralto Nathalie Stutzmann. “My two biggest goals in life were to be a singer and a conductor, and I am just living my dream.” Nathalie ...