He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career. By Adam Nossiter Milan’s famed opera house is cracking ...
ROME (AP) — Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the fact that behind its faded, flaking paint is a hive of activity ...
Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical musicians who were rocking the music world. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports on an historic Italian opera house that's been around for nearly 2 1/2 ...
From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...
Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience. By Amelia Nierenberg A Peruvian-born international star, ...
: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: The story incorrectly calls Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va, pensiero” an aria. It is a chorus.] LEILA FADEL, HOST: Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical ...