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MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Nicholas Brownlee had just fallen in love with opera and was eager to see if his emerging bass-baritone voice could handle Richard Wagner’s music. It did not go well. “I kept ...

“The Other Side of Silence,” a new work in development, is experimenting with giving operatic voice to a text-to-speech synthesizer. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Reporting from Troy, N.Y. See more ...

Eden Durham sings in an opera performance. Durham has done classical voice at BYU for three years, and was a finalist in the Young Artists of Voice competition this year. (Eden Durham) The BYU recital ...

Recognizing the importance of a strong foundation with experts across the art form, Curtis is also creating three new leadership roles in the voice and opera department starting with the 2025–26 ...