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Many years ago a film crew went to the Casa di Riposo, the home for elderly musicians established by Giuseppe Verdi shortly before his death in 1901.…

Musical archeology has found us scraps of Mozart, bills submitted to the Church by J.S. Bach, some of Beethoven's rants and notes jotted on paper, an…

Thirty-seven years after her death, Maria Callas (1923-1977) continues to fascinate. Her last recordings were made fifty years ago, and she remains among…

You can't talk about Benjamin Britten without talking about tenor Peter Pears. Peter Pears (1910-1986) and Britten were life partners from the time they…

The actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. died earlier this week a the age of 95. Those of us of a certain age remember him as the star of TV's The FBI. Laid back,…

Carlo Bergonzi! Onstage, he was a short dumpy man who looked like everyone's favorite Italian Nono. Vocally, his was a voice of power and sweetness.…

You decide. Italian director Franco Zeffirelli has been making movies for 60 years. Two of his last have had very limited release in the U.S. One is…

OK...that isn't COMPLETELY true. Yes, Keith Lockhart is celebrating his 20th anniversary with the Boston Pops this season. Yes, he is conducting a concert…

I interviewed soprano Roberta Peters for print a number of years ago, just after she celebrated the 50th anniversary of her Metropolitan Opera debut…

Ohio is now the fifth state in the nation to allow delivery robots on sidewalks. The Buckeye State joins Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia and Idaho where a...