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Young, aspiring opera singers from around the country will soon have a chance to perform at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in Columbia. The competition is the world's most prestigious ...

Young, aspiring opera singers from across the U.S. will be performing before three judges provided by the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York in Columbia. The Laffont Competition is the world’s ...

Whether we are listening to a radio broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera or an episode of “American Idol,” we all have opinions about what constitutes good singing. This weekend, central Ohio music ...

Next weekend in La Jolla, 25 up-and-coming opera singers will compete in a daylong vocal competition with the hope of earning a regional title that could catapult them to the Metropolitan Opera stage.

Each of the five Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition winners, selected from among an initial 1,400 applicants, will receive a $20,000 prize. Cheslak and four fellow prize-winners ...