Baritone Benjamin Hyman, 17, started singing more or less because he didn't want to play sports. "I was at a summer camp, and we were given a choice of playing a sport or singing in the musical," he ...

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 ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Spanish tenor Placido Domingo will switch to a baritone role for the first time in nearly 50 years in a work to be performed in Berlin in 2009, a spokeswoman for the opera house ...

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 ...

Michael Mayes might be the least pretentious opera singer on the face of the planet. A self-described “good ol’ boy,” Mayes discovered his formidable baritone voice singing in school choirs and ...

This is FRESH AIR. Bass-baritone Paul Robeson was one of the most popular figures of the 20th century, and also one of the most controversial. He died in 1976 at the age of 77, leaving a huge imprint ...

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 ...

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 ...

Baritone Mihai Damian, a soloist of the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca, has won the Male Voice category’s first prize ...