A centuries-long history of all-male singing ends, as girls will soon be admitted to the monastery choir for the first time. The world-renowned Escolania boys’ choir, based at the Benedictine abbey ...

Mixed group to take over duties of Escolania choir at Montserrat monastery one weekend a month Women and girls are to be admitted to a choir at the Montserrat monastery near Barcelona, home to the ...

The world-renowned Moscow Sretensky Monastery Choir will be performing at a first-come, first-serve free concert at Katara Cultural Village Amphitheater on October 5, it was announced. The event, ...

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These are the words of a Cossack song sung by Moscow’s Sretensky Monastery Choir. And indeed “lovely ‘tis to live” — if you are fortunate enough to listen to the thrilling singing of this band of ...