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the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, in a new series of take me to the opera, zeinab badawi travels to la scala in milan, italy, to follow four young singers as they are put through their paces. i have been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you. so i am on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i have come to ital...

between the two air masses. it will continue to give showers into southern england into the evening. monday, it tends to drift away to the south. wind is far light across scotland and in sheltered spots, temperatures dipped down as low as three or 4 degrees. a fresher night. first thing monday, lots of sunshine, the winds in the east will continue to far light, to the north—west, the weather front will push mask allowed into scotland, some rain on and off for orkney and shetland. cal...

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I have come to la scala academy in milan, one of the biggest and finest opera schools in the world. there are about a0 courses in opera singing, dance and every aspect of theatre craft and management. i want to find out more in particular about the rigorous training to become an opera singer. the academy picks the most promising talent, around a50 singers audition, only 14 are awarded a place on the two—year course. great singing often starts with great teaching. luciana dintino has been the p...

I have come to the la scala academy in milan, one of the biggest and finest opera schools in the world. there are about a0 courses in opera singing, dance and every aspect of theatre craft and management. i want to find out more in particular about the rigorous training to become an opera singer. the academy picks the most promising talent, around a50 singers audition, only 14 are awarded a place on the two—year course. great singing often starts with great teaching. luciana has been the princ...

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World on your shoulders at that time, and i think i was just looking for anything that could lighten the load, so i had this cd on my desktop, and i put it into my cd player and i turned it on and just shut my eyes, and i just tried to blooet areathe relax and listen and it started getting interesting. >> reporter: then it got really interesting. >> then i just found myself singing out to it, and i found out i could sing loud and i could sing high, and i had no idea i could do that. ♪ >> repor...

And it just started getting interesting. >> reporter: then it got really interesting. >> then i just found myself singing out to it. and i found out i could sing loud and i could sing high. and i had no idea i could do that. neither did his wife. >> i did kind of turn my ear a little more to listen. and i thought, he can really hit those high notes. he can sing louder than i can. >> reporter: is andy, just shy of age 30, took a chance. he applied to opera schools and to his surprise -- >> got sc...