The reason that Puccini is essentially known by only his last name is different than Bono and Cher. In their cases, it is a matter of fame. In his, it’s about...
Category - Opera
French composer Georges Bizet hit an unfortunate daily double: He died young and his career epitomizes the artist whose work is unappreciated until he is gone...
Even people who don’t know much about opera — in other words, most of us — likely will recognize the “Largo al factotum” aria...
Kathleen Battle’s website likes her: Soprano Kathleen Battle’s luminous voice has been called “…without qualification, one of the very...
Here is Verdi’s bio: Giuseppe Verdi was to opera in the Italian tradition what Beethoven was to the symphony. When he arrived on the scene some had...
The great tenor sings Ave Maria. Pavarotti was born in 1935. We had some fun with a Pavarotti/Spice Girls collaboration a while back. The truth is that he...
Opera is a complex and demanding form of music. It makes no sense for an individual who doesn’t really understand it to offer commentary or opinions. It...
The Spice Girls made their debut on this day in 1996 on the British show Top of the Pops. Above they sing Viva Forever with Hairy Spice, who also was known as...
