A new mask for singers has been developed and tested by the San Francisco Opera in collaboration with medics and researchers. The company is testing it in rehearsals for its first post-pandemic show.

Chris Wiacek models a Venetian-style mask. The Syracuse Opera is having a mask design competition for its production of "Rigoletto". Photo is courtesy of Amelia Beamish/AB Photography.

We did quite a bit of audience research, and we have found that our audiences, in fact, are more comfortable with masks.” The same is true at the Metropolitan Opera, where Peter Gelb ...

On the screen, an animated Chinese opera mask decorated with red pom-poms and pearls moved side to side. Its mouth opened and shut. Spindly fingers danced next to it. But the animation was not just a ...