She didn’t leave on a high note. The Metropolitan Opera booted the best mezzo-soprano “on the planet” once she struggled to hit her high notes, the singer claims in a Manhattan federal lawsuit. Anita ...

Mezzo's D9 is a folding bike that does a bit more than fold: it's actually not bad to ride. That's a harder trick than it sounds because making a bike that has to fold as well as ride usually involves ...

The very first time mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe ever sang in an opera, she was a 17-year-old college freshman at Potsdam State University in New York. The opera was Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni ...

Thanks to The Wizard of Oz, the state of Kansas will forever be known for its tornadoes. Another Kansas-born force of nature, the self-styled 'Yankee Diva' and multi-Grammy-winning opera singer Joyce ...

Whether singing Carmen or Cherubino, mezzo sopranos are the versatile stars of opera. But what makes a mezzo a mezzo? Canadian-Irish opera singer Wallis Giunta introduces her voice part... In its ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the warm, rich sound of Marilyn Horne, Janet Baker, Grace Bumbry and more. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to ...

For the last 36 years, Oriente Mania has ridden the same red Tracer Osaka bicycle to work. He says it is the only way since, were he to walk, he’d be stopped at every turn by neighbors wanting to ...

Wilson Audio’s Mezzo CSC Center Channel Loudspeaker tips the scale at over 200 pounds and $21,000. Overkill to say the least. Following the recent release of its WASAE center channel speaker and Alida ...