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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

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

Coronavirus

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

Conductor stops performance of Verdi opera twice over mobile phone offenders

Conductor Carlo Rizzi stops Verdi opera twice over mobile phone ‘miscreants’

Baritones high Gs

6 incredible high G notes sung by mighty baritones

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Menzi Mngoma goes viral singing Verdi in his cab

Uber driver unexpectedly starts singing incredible Verdi on a ride

Videos

Amartuvshin Enkhbat as Rigoletto and Liparit Avetisyan as Duke of Mantua in Opera Australia's 2019 production of Rigoletto at Arts Centre Melbourne.

This elderly composer disrupted an opera by shouting into a megaphone on the front row

Katy Perry dresses

These Katy Perry music dresses will make you re-evaluate your entire wardrobe

Leonard Warren

The opera that killed its star – the eerie story of how Leonard Warren died on stage

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