The performance features guest soloist Erik Tofte, a baritone who grew up in nearby Owego and is now associated with the Curtis Artist Management at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Tofte is ...

José van Dam, who has died aged 85, was a Belgian bass-baritone known for his smooth voice, self-effacing nature and old-school manners; in 1998 he was ennobled by King Albert II of the Belgians as ...

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 ...

Todd Payne’s voice has cadence. He speaks at a rapid-fire pace, creating sentences that are fluid yet punctuated by words delivered with emphasis, like drum beats. That should be no surprise – his ...

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 ...