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Paul du Quenoy on La Scala’s opening night.

The 7th of December, the day dedicaed to Saint Ambrose, is special in Italy: it's the day of la prima Alla Scala, when the world's most famous opera theater…

Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'

Aigul Akhmetshina likes to describe herself as “just an ordinary girl from a small village in the middle of nowhere in Russia.” At 14, she left home to study singing in Ufa, the nearest large city more than 100 miles away, where she supported herself at odd jobs like handing out flyers while walking on stilts. Now 27, this “ordinary girl” is taking on one of the highest-profile operatic assignments imaginable: Headlining a new production of Bizet’s ever-popul...

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Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the Metropolitan Opera, where she leads a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve

Aigul Akhmetshina likes to describe herself as "just an ordinary girl from a small village in the middle of nowhere in Russia."

A five-act grand opera, Don Carlo is composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi made several changes to the music and further versions followed since the 1866 original.

Fine voices aren't quite enough in Verdi's epic royal tragedy. Opera review by David Nice