For Medulla, Björk hewed her beats out of Rahzel and Mike Patton’s epiglottises, Manhattan Transfer–ing them over in some sleek 15-odd studios. So why did the phlegmatic throats feel colder than pond ...

Everyone knows what a toll the rock-star lifestyle can exact. Drugs and alcohol are de rigueur, sexual promiscuity often comes with the territory, and loss of hearing is yet another occupational ...

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Lately you may have noticed the omnipresence of a new opera star, a handsome young man with a rakish beard, gazing out from the covers of opera magazines and CD jewel cases. His name is David Daniels, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Michael Maniaci, male soprano, makes his recording debut with Boston Baroque and ...

Is the French writer-director Gerard Corbiau-whose Belgian film “Farinelli” won him his second foreign-language-film Oscar nomination-inventing his own new movie genre? If so, maybe we should call it ...

Along with its many acts of musical patronage, the Roman Catholic Church perpetrated one appalling musical outrage. By banning women's voices from places of worship, the church fostered an economic ...

The legendary castrato singer Farinelli (1705–1782) suffered from a disease typical of post-menopausal women, according to the first-ever osteological analysis of a eunuch. The poorly preserved ...

To celebrate the launch of New Scientist‘s latest book, Farmer Buckley’s Exploding Trousers, we’ve asked its editor, Stephanie Pain, to select four of her favourite blasts from the past, together with ...