Until that night, black singers of classical music had almost no chance of performing in major American opera houses and theaters.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

One of the first broadcasts came from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in nineteen ten.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Then the opera will move on to Calgary,Canada and the California cities of San Diego and San Francisco.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

These are some of our favorites. One of the most famous songs about summer is from George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess."

VOA: special.2009.06.22

And,he was proud of being the first African-American to break the color barrier in a major opera house.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

Like many of the performances at Capital Fringe, this opera is not about costly and complex production values.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

For example,the nineteenth century "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi is an opera version of the tragic play "Othello."

VOA: special.2010.01.13

Sendak and Kushner worked together to stage their own version of "Brundibar" as an opera for children.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

In nineteen sixty, at the age of twenty-three, she made her international debut at the Paris Opera.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

So most opera composers base their works on very tragic stories of love and death.

VOA: special.2010.12.12

He made fun of doctors, college officials,opera singers, diplomats and government officials.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

He believed some of his greatest music had gone into the opera.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

"We've played pop music. We're playing "Phantom of the Opera."

VOA: special.2010.06.21

He spends most of the opera on his knees.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

A New Exhibit at Cairo's Opera House highlights the work of Egyptian Saad Romany Mikhaiel.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

I'm very proud of him, and the Opera house is very pleased with this exhibition."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

Fayza Abdel Monem is the general manager of the Opera House museums and Exhibitions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30