One American Idol hopeful is a Gastonia native who’s been steadily performing around the Charlotte area for four years.

The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy are nearly here. To kick off this year's winter games, the opening ceremony will feature an Italian icon of a singer as a headliner. The Milan opening ceremony, ...

San Francisco Opera will open its upcoming season with Verdi’s stirring political drama “Simon Boccanegra,” signaling an invitation to gather in the opera house’s unifying space to celebrate stories ...

San Francisco Opera announced its 2026–27 season on Tuesday, including repertory fare like Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and Puccini’s Tosca alongside lesser-performed works like Verdi’s Simon ...

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A Gastonia native who auditioned for American Idol got his ticket to Hollywood. Trace Casanova, 23, sang a jazz version of "Baby Got Back" and Iggy Pop's "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" for the three ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Los Angeles Opera will announce its 2026–⁠2027 season Tuesday — the first to be led by incoming Music Director ...

Houston Grand Opera has won a Grammy Award for the Best Opera Recording, it was announced Sunday night. The winner, Intelligence, was the first Grammy nomination for HGO in more than 35 years and the ...

Gastonia native Trace Casanova will appear on American Idol after auditioning four times. Casanova, 23, is a full-time musician who discovered his passion for performing in high school. He often ...

The Metropolitan Opera has been making headlines lately — for all the wrong reasons. It’s not that the country’s oldest continuously operating opera company is seeing revived relevance and eager ...

Conventional wisdom has it that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” has been a bankable opera house favorite for more than 200 years due to the whimsical cleverness of romantic plot and score ...