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