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15 most famous opera songs and arias

15 most famous opera songs and arias

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Protestor, ‘Sebastian’ was one of three Extinction Rebellion members who interrupted a performance at The Royal Concertgebouw earlier this week

Extinction Rebellion activists halt Verdi Requiem at Concertgebouw, comparing to ‘sinking Titanic’

Singers from Cape Town Opera serenaded a plane full of passengers travelling to Johannesburg last month.

Cape Town Opera singers surprise airplane passengers with unexpected Verdi chorus

The 20 best operas of all time, according to Classic FM presenters.

The 20 greatest operas ever written

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Angel Blue was programmed to appear at the Arena di Verona this summer

US soprano Angel Blue drops out of Verona production following Blackface scandal

Angel Blue

Luciano Pavarotti and Princess Diana

The heart-warming reason Princess Diana once sat in the pouring rain to hear Pavarotti live

Luciano Pavarotti

10 of the best opera overtures

10 of the greatest opera overtures of all time

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Symphony orchestra and choir of the Odesa Opera House

Ukraine orchestra and chorus perform ‘Va, Pensiero’ outside opera house in powerful cry for peace

Ukrainian national anthem, performed by the Met Orchestra and Chorus

24-year-old Ukrainian bass-baritone leads Metropolitan Opera in moving national anthem

New York Metropolitan Opera

Watch this joyous classical music flashmob transform a mall into a moment of beauty

When 1000 classical musicians appeared in a shopping mall for a spine-tingling flashmob

The fresh voice of a 28-year-old Luciano Pavarotti

Take a listen to the incredible fresh voice of a 28-year-old Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

When Pavarotti was booed at La Scala

The excruciating moment La Scala booed the great Luciano Pavarotti for cracking a Verdi high note

Luciano Pavarotti

When Montserrat Caballé sang a 16-second-long high B at the Met Opera

When soprano Montserrat Caballé sang an earth-trembling, 16-second top B during a Verdi epic

New York Metropolitan Opera

Opera chorus bursts into a Verdi melody on Italian metro

Incredible moment opera chorus bursts into a Verdi melody on Italian metro

Romantic composers: Liszt, Fanny Mendelssohn and Verdi

10 of the best Romantic composers in classical music history

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Gianandrea Noseda conducts the LSO in Verdi's 'Dies Irae'

What are the lyrics and translation of Verdi’s ‘Dies Irae’ – and which films have I heard it in?

Audience protests lack of social distancing at Madrid's Teatro Real

Madrid opera erupts mid-performance as audience protests crowding in cheap seats

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Italy’s La Scala opera house to reopen in September with Verdi’s Requiem

Italy’s La Scala to reopen in September with Verdi’s Requiem