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Is it diplomatic for an artistic director to insult subscribers who pay up-front year after year? Perhaps he might remember that we opera snobs have stuck by the opera through thick and thin, watched ...

Mention “Carmen” to a hardcore opera maven, and you’re likely to get a serious rolling of the eyes. Many opera snobs don’t care if they ever hear or see the mass-appeal chestnut again. Well, count me ...

The streets of New York City normally sound like they're filled with honking and horns. But on one Autumn evening in Times Square, something brought the Big Apple to a stand-still, CBS Evening News ...

Dominic Raab has denied being a snob after he faced a backlash for calling Angela Rayner a “champagne socialist” for going to the opera. The deputy prime minister said he was just “gently teasing” the ...