“The Other Side of Silence,” a new work in development, is experimenting with giving operatic voice to a text-to-speech synthesizer. By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim Reporting from Troy, N.Y. The opera ...

In opera, gender plays several roles at once. For composers, it’s a fundamental organizing principle, with vocal ranges clearly delineated on either side of the fence — you’ve got your countertenors, ...