Angela Meade as Turandot and Michael Fabiano as Calàf in Puccini's Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera. (Ken Howard / Met ...

I’d say that “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is not a maxim that has ever been used for Puccini’s Chinese-inspired fairytale, TURANDOT, which returned for another go-around at the Met the other day ...

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, famed for working with stars including Elizabeth Taylor and Dame Judi Dench, before moving into politics, has died. The world of cinema is in mourning after Italian ...

Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, said he is not going anywhere as he struggles with financial ...

This pretty Sussex town is just a stone’s throw from the South Downs and is home to one of the best pizza spots in Europe.

This pretty Sussex town is just a stone’s throw from the South Downs and is home to one of the best pizza spots in Europe.

Peter Gelb (standing) at a gala honoring Daisy Soros, seated with her son Jeffrey. Photo: Jenny Gorman/Met Opera “It was not a difficult decision,” Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb says ...

Over 1,000 have climbed to the top of the Billboard pop chart in the USA. Only 25 of them have been instrumental. Here's a look from the silly to the sublime.

From February 22 to March 22 this year, the remains of St Francis of Assisi were put on public display in the basilica that ...

Rome, June 17 - Senate Speaker Elisabetta Casellati is one of the mourners set to pay tribute to Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, whose body is being lain in State at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio ...

It had just about everything: a new production of a beloved work, Puccini's Tosca; a starry cast; music director James Levine in the pit — and from the audience, the loudest and most sustained booing ...

Image Credit: Romeo and Juliet (1968), Romeo + Juliet (1996), West Side Story (1961) (Image: Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, United Artists) The tale of Romeo and Juliet remains timeless and is ...