The Metropolitan Opera heads into its 20th week of free streaming performances through its Nightly Met Streams series. Among the new lineup are two productions directed by Tony winner Mary Zimmerman: ...

PARIS — For an opera singer, the voice is the most fragile of instruments, irreplaceable if it breaks. So imagine the scare Natalie Dessay had two years ago when, after she began to feel tired and ...

Natalie Dessay and Matthew Polenzani perform "Libiamo" from La Traviata. Natalie Dessay and Matthew Polenzani perform "Libiamo" from La Traviata. Acclaimed French soprano Natalie Dessay makes her Met ...

French soprano and actor Natalie Dessay will perform with pianist Philippe Cassard at Stanford Live. Courtesy Warner Classics. This week features concerts by soprano Natalie Dessay with pianist ...

"Becoming Traviata" peeks in on rehearsals as director Jean-François Sivadier prepared soprano Natalie Dessay to play brokenhearted prostitute Violetta in Verdi's opera. Though Dessay flexes ...

A year after undergoing surgery on her vocal cords for the second time, the French soprano Natalie Dessay is singing the role of Juliette opposite Ramón Vargas in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the ...

Natalie Dessay was rapturous over the Vienna State Opera's new production of "La Traviata," declaring, "it was tailor-made for me, like a dress!" If so, the tailor missed a stitch or two. Sunday's ...

Natalie Dessay, the French soprano, has made a recording called “Entre elle et lui.” Well, who are her and him? Apparently, Dessay herself and Michel Legrand. She sings his music on this disc. And he ...

2 Exclusive: Washington National Opera Forges Ahead Following Kennedy Center Split Natalie Dessay will return to the Metropolitan Opera in the title role of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor for a run ...

The New York Times, and the opera blog world, had a grand old time at the Met’s grand opening last night, whether inside the theater or out on Times Square. Anthony Tommasini at the Times is the most ...

Natalie Dessay is a French soprano, best known as an opera singer before her retirement from opera stage in 2013. She gained wide recognition after her portrayal of Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann in ...