As part of The Carpenters, Karen Carpenter was a world-famous singer in the 1970s, but the star's battle with an eating ...

As part of The Carpenters, Karen Carpenter was a world-famous singer in the 1970s, but the star's battle with an eating ...

I meet Sienna Spiro in the lobby of the Ludlow Hotel on a hectic day. After being exiled from her room after staying (far) past the checkout time (“I thought they’d let me stay, but they kicked me out ...

The Philippine Navy’s (PN) two Jose Rizal-class missile frigates are now capable of evading and dodging hostile torpedoes after the successful installation of “anti-torpedo reaction module” in the two ...

When Marie Powers was five, an opera singer asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up. Said Marie: “I want to be fat, jolly and an opera singer like you.” Today, fortyish, buxom Marie Powers is ...

From the Harlem Y. W. C. A. last week a slender, young Negro woman was lifted into a taxicab, driven away to Manhattan’s Town Hall, where one of the most curious audiences of the season had gathered ...

There are several reasons why the magnificent Dutch contralto Aafje Heynis (1924-2015) is not better known. She seldom traveled, and there were three more-or-less contemporary contraltos (Marian ...

Stutzmann, who directs the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, had a long career as a contralto (and sang with the BSO) before focusing on conducting Nathalie Stutzmann has taken a long and circuitous path to ...

In this blog post, we’ll explore 68 breathtaking contralto songs that attract your heart and soul. As a music enthusiast and researcher, I’ve carefully curated this list to include the most moving and ...

In an era before microphones and modern amplification, one voice reigned supreme – the contralto. With their rich, velvety low registers and powerful, penetrating tones, contralto singers were once ...

PHILADELPHIA — Key events in the life of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson, whose name replaced Verizon on the Philadelphia Orchestra on Wednesday: Feb. 27, 1897 — Born in Philadelphia. Early 1900s ...