"I'm always trying to find the best sound that (singers) can make," said Florentine Opera music director Francesco Milioto.

Commemoration of William Christie’s eighth decade began last year with grand stagings in Paris of Charpentier’s ‘Médée’ and ...

and opera singer Christopher Macchio (who performed at the Republican National Convention and Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally) will sing the National Anthem at the end of the ceremony.