Josh Groban, a polite, boyish-looking, 21-year-old baritone, is an unlikely singing sensation. He sings classically inspired songs and show tunes, and hasn't had a top 10 hit. Yet his self-titled ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday is five years away, but it looks as though the baritone Thomas Hampson is celebrating early. His operatic docket this season includes Verdi operas exclusively — ...

Lucas fell into singing almost by accident while studying French horn at CSU Sacramento. Curious about opera, she asked the school’s opera director to discuss it with her, and insisted that she sing ...

VIENNA (AP) — German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff has announced he is ending his singing career after nearly 40 years due to health issues. Quasthoff does not go into specifics. But in a statement ...

THE GRINCH (30s-50s) A beastly, charming curmudgeon. Scary but with a heart underneath his gruff exterior. Has the size and presence of a Music Hall superstar with deft athleticism. A triple threat. A ...

Opera baritone Brian Major is going to the movies and you're invited. Major, a Neptune native, is featured with wife Michelle Johnson in the Holiday Encores: At the Movies! program, Saturday, Aug. 30 ...

THE sidewalk before the brilliantly lighted entrance of the opera house was empty, save for the groups of speculators and libretto venders standing ready to break into a chorus of appeal at the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Renowned opera tenor Placido Domingo will sing baritone for the first time in 2009, realizing a long-held ambition to sing the title role in Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," his ...

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model ...

Support local journalism by subscribing at Special Offers - USAToday Network. He has sung for six U.S. presidents, for Mother Teresa, for Nelson Mandela and Billy Graham, not to mention Oprah, Sean ...