There’s always been hints of the operatic in the music of Rufus Wainwright—the emotive crooning, the vocal gymnastics on his most epic tunes and, of course, the penchant for the melodramatic. But ...

Someone is now luxuriously enjoying being the owner of the most expensive perfume by the house of Bulgari as the Opera Prima by Bulgari has just been sold to a private client. In 2014, when Bulgari ...

This weekend, Rufus Wainwright premiered his French-language opera, Prima Donna, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, to a packed crowd that included Yoko Ono and Anjelica Houston. Which begs the ...

Though Prima Donna will be the first opera Rufus has completed, it is not, in fact, his first attempt at the form. “Iwrote one act of an opera when I was about 16 years old,” he says. “Itwas based on ...

Thursday, January 25, Bulgari announced that its luxury fragrance "Opera Prima" -- the most expensive scent in the history of perfume -- has now been sold. The precious bottle, finished with gold leaf ...

That was largely due to the dignity of a fine production team, very different from the one behind last year's Manchester world premiere, and a top-notch quartet of singers led by a great if underrated ...

Opera has always been dominated by divas. Originally a neutral term (from the Latin for "goddess") for female singers, it now has more to do with backstage than onstage presence. Kathleen Battle, an ...