Soprano Roberta Peters, 23, was just sitting down in the hairdresser’s shop one morning last week when the phone rang. It was a message from the Metropolitan Opera, warning that she might have to ...

There aren't many coloratura divas who can translate their art convincingly to the concert stage. There are fewer who can (or want to) compete in the pop arena. The language of the diva -- the ...

OPERA translated into English, which had not been heard at the Metropolitan since the days when “Parsifal” was performed Anglice to spare the emotions of patriots who could not endure Wagner’s text in ...