This month in Tulsa, Okla., opera singer Lucia Lucas made her U.S. debut. She also made history. At the Tulsa Opera, Lucas sang the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni. Mozart's character is a ...

FILE - Jose van Dam, center, appears during a rehearsal of Olivier Messiaen's opera "Saint Franois d'Assise" at the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg, on Aug. 12, 1998 ...

José van Dam, an award-winning Belgian bass-baritone opera singer who created the title role in Olivier Messiaen’s “Saint François d’Assise,” has died at age 85, a Belgian conservatory announced ...

Celebrated mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, acclaimed for her riveting performances on the world's great opera stages, her activism in support of diversity in the arts, and her championing of new music, ...

(Corrects in paragraph 5: Von Karajan was a conductor at Berlin State Opera during nazi-Germany, not at Berlin Philharmonic) BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Belgian baritone opera singer Jose van Dam, ...

José van Dam, an award-winning Belgian bass-baritone opera singer who created the title role in Olivier Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise, has died at age 85, a Belgian conservatory announced ...

FILE - Jose van Dam, center, appears during a rehearsal of Olivier Messiaen's opera "Saint François d'Assise" at the Felsenreitschule in Salzburg, on Aug. 12, 1998. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File) FILE - ...