Emcee and mezzo soprano Susanne Mentzer stood on the stage at the Green Saturday night, surveying the 3,000 people in front of her, there for New Haven’s inaugural “Opera-Palooza.” She was introducing ...

IT seeps into your system like some kind of musical secondary smoke: Unless you grew up in another country -- or perhaps on another planet -- you probably first absorbed some of opera’s most famous ...

Between the laughter and story swapping, some of the best entertainment happens during gatherings with good friends. That’s why vocalist Kristin Sims chose conversation over coffee as the setting for ...