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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 italy, the home of opera, and to its leading opera house, la scala in milan. every aspiring opera singer...

Distinctive? and can that special something be taught? i think you have it or you haven't. it's not enough to have it, you need to work. now it's even more important to be a good actor. you don't need to be beautiful, you need to be a character. and from time to time, you find it, and that is marvellous, and from time to time, you find a little jewel, and that is marvellous, because you see a person coming onto the stage, a magical moment when they open their mouth. the best moment is when the voice is touching you. 0ne young singer who has all the right ingredients for success is the egyptian...

Especially after i left the academy. because when you are in it, you don't realise how it is actually changing you, transforming you as a person. when i left the academy, i started realising how great it was to be part of such a prominent institution. it's an academy of very high standards, it gives you a very, very special opportunity that can change your life. this means, for a student, we are always on call. i never actually relaxed, even on weekends, we didn't have the concept of time off. if we didn't have to work on stage or at the academy, we had to rehearse or study alone the repertoir...