Cecilia Bartoli leads a fabulous cast in a groundbreaking new recording that presents Bellini's music in a form that is complete with the mix of vocal and instrumental colours the composer intended ...

I need help. What is there apart from empty rumty-tum, trivial jollity - well, and the odd good tune - in Bellini's bel canto operas? I remember when it happened, the first - and only - time I ever ...

May 9, 2013 • Try rummaging through opera to find a tender scene between a mother and child and you'll come up stymied. Why are so many operatic moms depicted as murderous women on the verge of a ...