Speranza Scappucci conducts singers on stage and the orchestra in the pit for the Washington National Opera's production of Turandot. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
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Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński also breakdances, two skills showcased in Semele at Munich's Bavarian State Opera this year before it heads to New York's Metropolitan Opera next season. Monika Rittershaus/Bavarian State Opera hide caption
From opera to breakdancing and back again: Jakub Józef Orliński fuses two worlds
Ryan McKinny and Joyce DiDonato star in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Dead Man Walking, which opened Tuesday at the Met in New York. Karen Almond/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera hide caption
Baritone Samuel Schultz, who was sexually assaulted by famed countertenor David Daniels in 2010. Daniels pleaded guilty on Friday in a Houston courtroom. Jamie Schultz/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
David Daniels performs in the title role of Handel's Giulio Cesare at the Metropolitan Opera in 2007. Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images hide caption
Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in Unholy Wars in Charleston, S.C., in May. William Struhs/Spoleto Festival USA hide caption
An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades
Tenor Jamez McCorkle, who debuted the title role in the opera Omar, by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, which received its world premiere on May 27 in Charleston, S.C., at Spoleto Festival USA. Leigh Webber/Courtesy of Spoleto Festival USA hide caption
American composer Carlisle Floyd, photographed at his first home, in which he composed his best known opera, Susannah, in Tallahassee, Fla. in 2009. Scott Holstein/Tallahassee Magazine hide caption
Carlisle Floyd, a founding father of American opera, has died at age 95
Composer and pianist Anthony Davis, winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kim Davey (left), a passenger in Menzi Mngoma's Uber, made a video of his in-car opera singing that went viral. Kim Davey/Facebook hide caption
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick performs onstage during the Lung Transplant Project Gala in October 2017 in New York City. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Lung Transplant hide caption
Opinion: Remembering A Soprano With The 'Warmth And Strength Of The Sun'
Dancers perform in Tabasco: A Burlesque Opera, a fiery show that makes its revival this week after being locked up for more than a century. Tom Grosscup/New Orleans Opera hide caption
The 1983 Canadian Opera Company production of Elektra, the first to use supertitles. Courtesy of Canadian Opera Company hide caption
Read 'Em And Weep: Celebrating 35 Years Of Opera Supertitles
Former Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox, Mass., in 2006. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
Soloman Howard performs as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Philip Glass and Christopher Hampton's Appomattox. Scott Suchman for WNO hide caption
With More Story To Tell, Opera 'Appomattox' Gets An Update
Soprano Catalina Cuervo, singing the role of Frida Kahlo, rehearses with bass baritone Ricardo Herrera, singing the role of Diego Rivera, on Feb. 21, 2015 at the Michigan Opera Theatre in Detroit. Veronica Zaragovia/KUT hide caption
Detroit's 'Frida' Aims To Build Latino Audiences For Opera
Protesters rail outside the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center on opening night of the opera "The Death of Klinghoffer" on Monday in New York. Bryan Thomas/Getty Images hide caption
A worker unveils advertisement for future productions at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York City. The Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb has threatened a lockout if there is no an agreement with unions to that represent musicians, stagehands and other employees. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Met Opera's Union Lockout Postponed; Financial Analysis To Come
The subject of an opera in Boston last week Viktor Lugovskoy/iStockphoto.com hide caption
Super-Caramelized White Asparagus
Romanian Antheneum, Bucharest, Romania, 2007 David Leventi hide caption