Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla on Jan. 6, 2025 to ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of ...

Amid confusing times, says devotional musician Gaura Vani, Generations Z and X have found a way to articulate their complicated emotions and feelings through the call-and-response style of kirtans, ...

The first national touring company of “Some Like It Hot.” Stand-up comedy? At the art museum? Well, why not? Headliner Mia ...

WPI professor Lucy Caplan explores how Black artists helped transform opera in new book "Dreaming in Ensemble." ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

West Bay Opera spins some vocal confections with Bellini's sleep-walking melodrama "La sonnambula." The opera is rarely staged, so this production offers quite an opportunity to catch it.

An operatic soprano, she had high-profile roles on film and stage in the 1950s. But after that, she mostly spent her career ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was an artist who fought for inclusive democracy. Her advocacy and activism laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

OPERA America has revealed the eight recipients of the 2025 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers ...

If you seek an introduction to opera, people often suggest Mozart’s last one, “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute,” 1791).

The Greek-American opera diva's public persona hid a private pain, says the Hollywood actress of the film Maria. Read more at ...