When the jazz titan echoed coloratura in his improvisations, he was not borrowing from a foreign source: opera belonged to him as it belonged to all. ♦ Published in the print edition of the ...

The contralto began as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, later redubbed the Miami Sound Machine, whose first No. 1 hit came in 1989 with “Anything for You.” Estefan came to the Miami Latin Boys ...

“Get thee hence from the ghetto of Italian Opera!” Professor Roger Parker nearly exhorted us in his excellent talk prior to this fourth concert in Opera Rara’s “Donizetti & Friends” series. His point ...