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 ...

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

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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 ...

The amount of noise The Row’s annual sample sale generated last weekend was perhaps antithetical to the brand’s ultimate quiet luxury status. But what else could be expected? The brand’s legions of ...

Manhattan playgoers last week saw Vickie (by S. M. Herzig; produced by Frank Mandel) do a bad job with a good idea. A satire on U.S. women’s war activities, it attacked the funny bone by way of the ...

During a career that crossed the Atlantic, the contralto was considered Britain’s finest contribution to the quintessential American genre. By The Associated Press Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto ...

Marc Santos is a Guides Staff Writer from the Philippines with a BA in Communication Arts and over six years of experience in writing gaming news and guides. He plays just about everything, from ...

DANBURY — Highlighted behind the glass of Huntington Hall’s exhibit cases is a collection of costumes worn by local legend Marian Anderson across the decades as part of the Danbury Museum’s new ...

Naxos released a CD entitled “Tre Liriche,” featuring songs by Ottorino Respighi performed by the Italian contralto Alessandra Visentin with the New York Chamber Orchestra under the direction of ...

On Easter Sunday 1939, Marian Anderson, wrapped in a fur coat against the April chill, stepped to the microphone atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and launched into “America (My Country, ’Tis of ...