Dec. 23—Opera Southwest is saying farewell to 2024 with its traditional New Year's Eve concert on Tuesday, Dec. 31. The performance at the National Hispanic Cultural Center will feature guest ...

That decision eventually turned into a 15-year career for Otaño singing professionally for a variety of opera houses. Eventually, though, Otaño found herself getting burned out.

Hakeem Henderson was barely old enough to walk when he began carrying around a blue toy microphone. It was clear even then what his future career would be. In September, the 26-year-old Baltimorean ...

They have a job that few think about that is essential to the space: actors who cross the opera stage typically without speaking or singing a word – or dancing a step.

"I grew up singing mostly gospel, R&B, pop, but I didn't really take music seriously until I was around 18, and that's when I started singing opera," he said.

Ken Howard/Met Opera Growing up singing in her father’s church and her family’s traveling gospel band, religion and spirituality have remained with her as an adult.