As a boy who played piano seriously and spoke Italian, Francesco Milioto was almost destined for opera. But conducting? For the Florentine Opera's music director, that journey began serendipitously.

Florentine Opera's next season begins with a summer surprise: a comic opera about the odd couple friendship of late Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — both opera fans in ...

BUT MOLLY BERNARD WILL HAVE YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS. BUT FIRST, LOOKING AHEAD ON ARTS AVENUE, A TIMELESS OPERA PROVIDING AN EXPLORATION OF LOVE, SACRIFICE AND CULTURAL ...