An afternoon at the opera! Prince Charles enjoys a special performance from a mezzo-soprano student before presenting honours at the Royal College of Music’s annual awards Prince Charles, 71, honoured top talents in the world of music in London today Handed out awards in his role as president of the Royal College of Music Talent awards … Read more
We were all in Wonderland! Gerald Barry’s Alice Adventures Under Ground is a joyous, hour-long opera that will delight audiences of all ages By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 8 February 2020 Alice’s Adventures Under Ground Royal Opera House, London … Read more
The never-before-seen manuscript of Adolf Hitler’s opera, his sketch of a music hall and other items from his formative years will go on display in Austria this weekend. They will be accompanied by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts admissions book, which reveals he failed to gain a place in 1907 and 1908, and police … Read more
A new production of Il Turco in Italia has premiered at La Scala in Milan in a rare revival of the Rossini tragi-comic opera which deals with love, lust and mistaken identities. It’s a farcical tale of marital deception. Operalia laureate Rosa Feola plays the flirtatious Donna Fiorilla, bored by married life. “The first aria … Read more
Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo apologised for “the hurt” he caused to women who accused him of sexual misconduct as a US opera union investigation found him guilty of abuse of power. At least 20 women have accused Domingo of forcibly kissing, grabbing or fondling them in incidents dating back to at least the 1980s. … Read more