Given Verdi’s music for Gilda, that centering proves less of an uphill climb than one might first think. Yes, the jester gets the title role, perhaps the finest for a baritone in all Italian opera.

The opening act still looks great in Patrick Robertson and Rosemary Vercoe’s Little Italy, 1950s sets and costumes ... Luckily, the company had engaged one of the country’s finest opera conductors, ...

Expenses incurred by four local Catholic school board trustees on a trip to Italy to buy artwork included a $1,600 dinner at a gourmet hotel and spa. Following public outcry about the spending, ...

Expenses incurred by four local Catholic school board trustees on a trip to Italy to buy artwork included a $1,600 dinner at a gourmet hotel and spa. Following public outcry about the spending ...