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Muscat, the capital, offers opulent culture, but it is the mountains and the sea that bedazzle.

“Simon Boccanegra,” a story of fathers, politics, love and duty, is returning to La Scala, where personal connections to the opera run deep.

On the heels of the new film “Maestro,” an American director will stage Leonard Bernstein’s often-reworked operetta in its “concert version.”

The neighboring areas in Doha, Qatar, couldn’t be more different when it comes to ambience and goods for sale.

The resin’s sweet and musky scent has been added to items like sunscreen and ice cream.

SeokJong Baek began his opera career as a baritone. This season at the Metropolitan Opera, he’ll perform in “Nabucco” and “Turandot” as a tenor.

The country plans to use a trade show in Bangkok this week to remind the world of its expertise in processing and perfecting natural stones.

In a Verdi revival at the Royal Opera, two top female singers are discovering, and rediscovering, characters from a real-life royal love triangle.

The documentary on the movie star, whose death in 1985 changed how the public viewed AIDS, is premiering at the Tribeca Festival.

The centennial of Maria Callas’s birth is inspiring renewed interest in the singer’s dramatic life and jewelry collection.