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There really is an elixir that causes people to fall in love, and it's called... Bordeaux wine. That's what the quack doctor in Gaetano Donizetti's...

There's a new exhibit at Selby Gardens taking center stage in Sarasota, and there are also interesting drama and theater options on tap this week.

As one of the four mainstage productions at the Glimmerglass Festival this summer, opera lovers can see a leading and masterful work in the entire opera canon, Carmen, by French

Applause sonya believes that having children has had a big impact on her stage performances. i remember, for instance, doing madea, who is so angry at her husband that she kills basically her kids. and for me, not being a mother and performing this role, it was going to be harder to understand her. you know, im an actress on stage. clearly, being a great singer is not enough. you have to inhabit a character on stage. its opening night for la gioconda and itsjust under an hour before curtain is u...

It makes a special performance. shes a great musician so, for a conductor, itsjust a pleasure because she has the right instincts in music. when sonya is in a full opera production, she shares the stage with a cast from across continents. and the cosmopolitan nature of her work extends to her personal life, too. well, first of all, the nationalities, bulgarian and venezuelan, is totally, you know, 12,000 miles away with some oriental—flavoured bulgarian has this slavic root. myself, im a son o...

Shes a gorgeous voice, first of all, shes a very good musician. the art of putting together an opera and how its being reimagined in the 21st century. let me take you to the opera. voices chatter sitting in the audience at la scala in milan waiting for the curtain to go up is an experience that always excites me. and the reason why is that for me, opera is a complete art form. theres great singing, of course, but also music skills, acting, movement and even sometimes dance.

Make to a performer. this one is actually mostly made of pasta. it is italy, after all. once you put it on, you immediately get a sense of the character that you have to slot into. so i guess im now a valkyrie in wagners opera. however, spending a fortune on lavish costumes and sets is incompatible with growing demands for environmentally sustainable practices. and this aspect of opera production offers great potential for change. when one constructs sets, one should be very careful and and know...

Buona sera. a lot of people, a lot of arts are here. in one opera, we have the ballet, we have the, we have the chorus, we have the orchestra, we have all the soloists. this production is a very big production and its very important to work together, everybody. for me, its very important because when i say in this mode, im stefano. when i took this, i change totally and is and so im aldo. the love interest in la gioconda? yes. because for me, in my mind when im singing, i switch and much more co...

Now on bbc news, take me to the opera. zeinab badawi heads to la scala in milan, one of the worlds most prestigious opera houses. ive been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you. so im on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. this time im meeting some of the top creatives who make sure that the magic happens so that the big stars can shine so brightly on the night. i feel it really like a pilot. i mean, we are ready. the plane is fine. we...

Ive come to la scalas workshop, not far from the theatre, to see the network of teams involved in putting together a traditional opera such as la gioconda. to start off, the backdrop to any opera is quite literally the stage set, and this set for la gioconda is a kind of transparent backdrop, so you can have the action both in front and behind it. the sets for this performance were created at la scalas workshop. sergio mariotti is the chief stage designer. he knows what kind of audience reaction...