Opera Naples' upcoming season is shaping up to be a big one. The opera company plans four fully staged operas for the first time since the pandemic — and those operas are some of the best-known, ...

Michael Gracey, director of the movie musical The Greatest Showman and 2024's Better Man, is closer to debuting his new musical about opera singer Luciano Pavarotti. At a recent master class at ...

If you want to see an outdoor opera, don’t go looking in New York City or San Francisco. You won’t find much this winter. That’s where Opera Naples comes in, says executive director Melanie Kalnins.

Hundreds of mourners filled the grand piazza in Modena, Italy, yesterday to mourn and pay tribute to their native son, Luciano Pavarotti, one of the opera world's greatest musical ambassadors. Mr.

Family and fans gather in Modena, Italy to celebrate the opera singer's life. MODENA, Italy, Sept. 9, 2007 — -- The funeral of Italy's greatest singer since Caruso took place Saturday inside the ...

ROME (AP) -- Tenor Franco Corelli was remembered Thursday as one of the greatest opera stars of the 20th century, a singer whose ringing, versatile voice and strapping good looks thrilled audiences at ...

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