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As buglers sound the solemn notes of taps and 21-gun salutes are fired, among those Americans who once sang patriotic tunes on Memorial Day was a San Diegan, the “world’s greatest contralto.” She was ...

Nuala Willis, witty contralto who ranged from Glyndebourne to Dustin Hoffman’s film Quartet She was a stalwart of the composer Jonathan Dove, appearing in his 2002 television opera about the death of ...

Contralto Lili Chookasian, who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for 24 years, died Tuesday. The former Tenafly, N.J., resident was 90. Chookasian was a 41-year-old mother of three in March 1962 when ...

Celebrated contralto Maureen Forrester, who toured the globe giving concert tours and championed Canadian composers, has died at the age of 79. Her daughter, Gina Dineen, said the famed singer died ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...