Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by BBC News. We compiled more than 30 end-of-year lists from leading music ...

Andrea Bocelli didn’t perform in New Orleans until he was 30 years into his career. He’s not waiting nearly so long for his encore. The operatic-pop Italian tenor headlines the Smoothie King Center on ...

When we say the winter music calendar has everything we are barely exaggerating. The season has multiple Pixies-related projects, Huey Lewis covers, century-old operas, rising pop stars, and New ...

It’s no surprise that Matteo Bocelli, the son of legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, chose music as a career path. But even though he grew up in a house filled with music, the elder Bocelli was ...

The opening scenes of attending an opera are standard. Storming applause announces the conductor’s assumption of his post at the front of the pit. A grand curtain rises to reveal a dazzling set, and a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When it comes to globally-renowned Italian “popera” trio Il Volo, everything old is new again. The trio’s soaring vocals and modern take on classical-crossover music is breathing new ...

Austria won its third Eurovision Song Contest after a glittering grand final in neighboring Switzerland, with singer JJ earning the continent’s votes for the operatic pop anthem “Wasted Love.” The ...

Il Divo has always had the big voices. Now on its fourth world tour, the quartet of operatic-style singers also has an appropriately big budget for stage design, lighting, video - and custom suits by ...

With his song "Wasted Love", JJ thrilled audiences and expert juries across Europe on Saturday. With his wild mix of opera, pop, and techno, the 24-year-old won the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.

With his falsetto voice and an angelic smile, Johannes Pietsch, alias JJ, early Sunday catapulted Austria to its first Eurovision victory since the triumph of bearded drag performer Conchita Wurst 11 ...