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This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. A writer named Gianrinaldo Carli told a story that became famous in Italy in the 1760s: A stranger walks ...

Opera star Renée Fleming drew concern last year after a New York Times profile suggested the acclaimed soprano would be retiring. Luckily for fans, it turned out to be a false alarm. But if Fleming ...

Two hundred years ago today, in a small northern Italian village, a couple named Verdi — tavern owners by trade — welcomed the birth of a baby boy who would later change the face of opera forever. And ...