NEW YORK (AP) — While singing on the world’s great stages, Nathalie Stutzmann thought about blond lager. “In Europe it’s very common to have the conductor getting a beer right backstage. I was so ...

“Oh là là! I’m actually living my dream,” said conductor and contralto Nathalie Stutzmann. “My two biggest goals in life were to be a singer and a conductor, and I am just living my dream.” Nathalie ...

In an era before microphones and modern amplification, one voice reigned supreme – the contralto. With their rich, velvety low registers and powerful, penetrating tones, contralto singers were once ...

In this blog post, we’ll explore 68 breathtaking contralto songs that attract your heart and soul. As a music enthusiast and researcher, I’ve carefully curated this list to include the most moving and ...

We listen back to an interview with Sarah Hennies, the composer of a piece called “Contralto.” It’s part music, part documentary, and it features the voices of transgender women. This transcript was ...

She's young, and she knows it. But rising Canadian opera singer Marie-Nicole Lemieux, who's only 26 and has yet to debut in an opera, says she has something to give audiences at her young age -- a ...

From the Harlem Y. W. C. A. last week a slender, young Negro woman was lifted into a taxicab, driven away to Manhattan’s Town Hall, where one of the most curious audiences of the season had gathered ...