Yes, the catchy rhythms of ‘America’ from West Side Story are not considered to be classical music in the traditional sense, but even our very own John Suchet would argue that ‘Maria’ is an aria, and ...

Luciano Pavarotti was scheduled to sing Puccini’s aria “Nessun Dorma,” something ... on a pop compilation of numbers from “West Side Story.” But this time, she proved an inexorable ...