Anti-mafia judge Francesca Mariano jailed 22 members of Puglia’s Sacra Corona Unita mafia, then received a Kalashnikov bullet in the post, a severed goat’s head and a bomb at home https://t.co/6H96pGl3GQ
Riccardo Chailly conducts the final production of his tenure as La Scala's MD and, after some uncomfortable run-ins with the loggionisti over the years, the local audience let him know how much they appreciate him https://t.co/A5iB4miGTJ
“So exquisitely potent you’ll blush”
Evocative writing by @jamalelemam on the new Romeo Castellucci Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala
https://t.co/q8kXBnKgNE
Leo’s political perspective was forged in an era when Richard Daley, an Irish-American Democrat known as “the last of the big‑city bosses”, reigned over Chicago and galvanised the large, politically active Catholic community
https://t.co/kJv4mQDXLQ
The Pope was nodding, though for the life of him Gareth Gore could not have said what the nodding meant. Was Leo agreeing that it was time for the Vatican to finally shed light on the practices of the Catholic Church’s most secretive and divisive sect? https://t.co/J6Lts05fnR
How a tiramisu sceptic discovered what the fuss was all about, in the restaurant where the dessert was invented fifty years ago
https://t.co/iLP9bIRuT3
Brit maestro Alex Soddy tells me taking the top job at @ROH_London would be a "dream". However, based on my conversations at @teatroallascala last night, some at the Milan house would be keen to snap him up as MD at the next opportunity.
https://t.co/knjPI7p6UX
First opera by Giordano -- Puccini's arch rival -- was performed for first time last week at Milan's Teatro Dal Verme, same venue where Puccini’s Le villi and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci were also premiered 130 odd years ago
https://t.co/qF9OxL8edP
Alexander Soddy and his mentor, Simone Young, have been taking turns to conduct La Scala's Ring cycle. On basis of this performance, the pupil has outgrown the master
https://t.co/zTw7UHTT2z