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Royal Opera House’s Music Director Leaves His Mark

Kosky, Barrie (1967- ) London Symphony Orchestra Opera Pappano, Antonio Puccini, Giacomo Royal Opera House Verdi, Giuseppe

Royal Opera House’s Music Director Leaves His Mark

Antonio Pappano says the London house, where he is wrapping up 22 years as music director, “will always be my home.”

By Rebecca Schmid

Review: Lise Davidsen Cements Her Stardom in Met Opera’s ‘Forza’

Classical Music Davidsen, Lise Golovatenko, Igor Howard, Soloman Jagde, Brian (Singer) La Forza del Destino (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Trelinski, Mariusz Verdi, Giuseppe

Review: Lise Davidsen Cements Her Stardom in Met Opera’s ‘Forza’

Lise Davidsen, entering the Italian repertoire at the company, was part of a superb cast as Verdi’s opera returned for the first time since 2006.

By Zachary Woolfe

6 Highlights of Maria Callas’s Opera Career at La Scala

Bellini, Vincenzo Boleyn, Anne Callas, Maria Classical Music Donizetti, Gaetano Giulini, Carlo Maria Kennedy, John Fitzgerald La Scala Opera House (Milan, Italy) Medea (Opera) Monroe, Marilyn Onassis, Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy Oropesa, Lisette Verdi, Giuseppe

6 Highlights of Maria Callas’s Opera Career at La Scala

The soprano appeared in more than two dozen productions at the house in Milan as she rose to become opera’s leading lady. Here are six highlights.

By Farah Nayeri

In a New ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ Family Ties Are Tightened

La Scala Opera House (Milan, Italy) Linzalata, Angelo Opera Salsi, Luca (1975- ) Simon Boccanegra (Opera) Verdi, Giuseppe Viotti, Lorenzo (1990- )

In a New ‘Simon Boccanegra,’ Family Ties Are Tightened

“Simon Boccanegra,” a story of fathers, politics, love and duty, is returning to La Scala, where personal connections to the opera run deep.

By David Belcher