Ferrand, a star in her time, left the scantest of paper trails; other Black women musicians left even less, according to ...

For the briefest of moments, a silence fell over the pews of New Orleans’ famed St. Louis Cathedral, as the chapel filled ...

ST. LOUIS – In honor of Black History Month, St. Louis remembers the opera singer Grace Bumbry, an American opera singer considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation.

They were the first to hear composer Edmond Dédé's opera "Morgiane" — the earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American ... the bass opera singer said.