Todd Payne’s voice has cadence. He speaks at a rapid-fire pace, creating sentences that are fluid yet punctuated by words delivered with emphasis, like drum beats. That should be no surprise – his ...

Baritone Sidney Outlaw has joined the cast of Opera Philadelphia's new production of Mozart's Don Giovanni for four performances, April 25-May 4 at the Academy of Music. Outlaw steps in for baritone ...

Hear what happens when the natural male speaking voice turns to song in this baritone bonanza. (Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house.) ...

In the course of a recent conversation, I realized I had something of a blindspot in my operatic acumen when it came to baritones and basses of the golden era. The golden era of opera is roughly the ...

Acclaimed singer Robert Merrill, the opera baritone who felt equally comfortable at opening night in the Metropolitan Opera House or opening day at Yankee Stadium, has died. He was 85. Merrill died on ...

Considered one of the world’s preeminent artist-development programs for emerging artists, The Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago has revealed the singers selected ...

While Dietrich is making records in London, Fischer is giving a lieder recital at Carnegie Hall, and Dieskau is appearing as Falstaff at the West Berlin Opera. Or so one critic claims. Actually, ...

Baritone opera singer Jubilant Sykes was fatally stabbed at his home in Santa Monica, California, on December 8. He was 71.

The Richard Tucker Music Foundation, which gives prestigious awards to young singers, removed Richard Tucker’s son from its board. By Sarah Bahr The soprano Lisette Oropesa has been awarded the 2019 ...

Grammy nominates baritone Jubilant Sykes was fatally stabbed at his home. His son Micah Sykes has been taken into custody by Santa Monica PD.