Big round of applause for the soprano Anna Netrebko, the tenor Francesco Meli and the baritone Luca Salsi. They are

“Madama Butterfly” is an opera in three acts – although they were originally two – by Giacomo Puccini, with a

Gioacchino Rossini was born in Pesaro on the 29 th of February 1792, three months after Mozart. Just like him,

Dafne is the earliest known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera. It was composed by Jacopo

Wagner was born in Lipsia in 1813. He lost his father at the age of six, so he received his

Ludwig Van Beethoven, a mysterious and charming man, a genius, but also a human being with flaws and vulnerabilities.