A former Naples beauty queen, she became famous as the companion to the playboy Farouk I of Egypt, then carved out a successful opera career.
Tag: Opera
5 Russian Bullets Dashed an Opera Singer’s Dreams. Then He Reclaimed His Voice.
While on a rescue mission in Ukraine, Sergiy Ivanchuk was shot in the lungs, apparently ending his chance at opera stardom. His recovery is a marvel of medicine, chance and his own spirit.
Zofia Posmysz, Who Wrote of Life in Concentration Camps, Dies at 98
Her radio play, “The Passenger in Cabin 45,” became a novel that was translated into 15 languages, a movie and an acclaimed opera.
Conductor Dies After Collapsing During Performance in Munich
Stefan Soltesz was in the middle of Richard Strauss’s “The Silent Woman” when he fell from his podium shortly before the end of the first act.
The Netrebko Question
The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is opera’s biggest star. But her career is in disarray because of her ties to Putin, and arts companies around the world are divided on whether to welcome her back.
Odesa Opera House Reopens Amid Putin’s War
War is not far away, but a city that has always lived for the moment proclaims that culture will help Ukraine prevail.
For This Opera Director, a Lot Is Riding on a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
For her English National Opera debut, the company’s new artistic leader, Annilese Miskimmon, has chosen a work she hopes can bring in a new audience.
For This Opera Director, a Lot Is Riding on a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
For her English National Opera debut, the company’s new artistic leader, Annilese Miskimmon, has chosen a work she hopes can bring in a new audience.
Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees.
The company’s revival of “Eugene Onegin” gives the lie to the Russian president’s claim that his country’s composers are suffering in the West.
Metropolitan Opera’s Concert Honors Ukraine
A concert to benefit relief efforts featured a young Ukrainian singer, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and the Met’s prima donna of the moment.