Denyce Graves was a young mezzo-soprano, fresh out of the conservatory and serving an apprenticeship with Houston Grand Opera, when her phone rang. It was her agent. "He said, 'Denyce, I've got some ...

One night early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Baltimore County-based opera singer Denyce Graves had a conversation with a student that left her badly shaken. “She was really very angry with me,” ...

Holiday isn’t the only one who’s fallen under the spell of Denyce Graves. She’s thrilled audiences everywhere, from the world’s great opera houses to the White House. She’s won a Grammy, an Emmy, and ...

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One day when Denyce Graves was a ninth-grader at DC’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a friend pulled her into the library to play some music she’d discovered. Graves didn’t know much about opera ...

PITTSBURGH, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Known for her spice-filled performances in Georges Bizet’s, Carmen, Denyce Graves has brought her passion for music and food to a new stage–her kitchen! The ...

Before he knew how to sing opera, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green knew he wanted to perform at The Met. It was, perhaps, an outsized dream for a kid whose life to that point hadn't quite been ...

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Harry T. Burleigh, who transformed Black spirituals into concert songs, presided over a landmark event that featured the singer who originally played Bess in “Porgy and Bess.” By James Barron Symone ...

The annual National Memorial Day Concert returns Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS. The lineup features Emmy- and Grammy-winning opera mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. Graves told WTOP she first performed at the ...

A recent guest on Amplify, the celebrated countertenor John Holiday, told us that his dream of a singing career was sparked when, as a young choirboy, he met star mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves. “She was ...