A while ago, the radio station that gives me breathing space on a Saturday morning decided to give itself a bit of publicity. So it ran a TV commercial pushing the sense of calm and well-being ...

In the recent film The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher leaves Number 10 for the last time to the sound of “Casta Diva” from Bellini’s Norma. The filmmakers obviously saw parallels between Norma, a ...

Martha Eggerth heads the cast of Casta Diva, but the central character is famed Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini, here played by American actor Phillips Holmes. Paying but scant attention the facts, ...

For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

A triumphant bel canto aria – from a fresh-faced contestant on this year’s season of America’s Got Talent. Last month, 9-year-old Victory Brinker stunned on America’s Got Talent with a performance of ...

KATONAH, N.Y. In the finals of the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the young American soprano Angela Meade knocked out an audience at the Met with a magisterial and vocally ...

British trumpeter Matilda Lloyd embraces the world of 19th-century Italian opera in this week's Feature Album on ABC Classic, Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet. "The album explores ...