American soprano Angel Blue said she won't be performing "La Traviata" in Verona in protest over the use of blackface in another opera on the same stage. (Photo: via Associated Press) ROME (AP) — ...

The American performer said she will pull out "La Traviata," citing the theater's recent use of blackface, which she called "offensive, humiliating and outright racist." By The Associated Press ...

Italian soprano Federica Lombardi made her American opera debut last year with New York Metropolitan Opera. This weekend, she makes her American orchestra debut with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra. The ...

Soprano Angel Blue says she won't perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer posted a note on ...

In spring 2026, her new CD, dedicated to the beautiful music of Alessandro Scarlatti, will be released on the Aparté label, ...

‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont. “I’ve heard so many lyric sopranos, household names that appear on big ...

ROME — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because blackface was used in the staging of a different work this summer on the same stage. The U.S. singer, who grew ...

An American soprano who sang when the United States rejoined UNESCO weighed in on the agency’s addition of Italian opera singing to a heritage list. By Farah Nayeri Is opera an endangered art form ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The sopranos will be joined by renowned pianist Helen Wu in a program that ...

Editor's note: Tenor Joshua Collier will replace Theo Cohen as Alfredo. ‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont.