The modern history of opera can be divided into before and after Luciano Pavarotti. In a wide-ranging interview, Nicoletta Mantovani, Pavarotti’s widow, opens up about his lesser-known attributes.
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World Yodel Day was founded in 2013 by Peter Lim, a South Korean yodel enthusiast who has devoted much of his professional career to promoting the art form internationally.
Norwegian Ambassador to NATO Øystein Bø discusses what’s next for the military alliances and the growing threat from Russia and China.
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The Amsterdam-based radio DJ Bart Plantenga has played yodeling – in all musical genres – on his show since the late-1980s. He has even published two books on it, YODEL-AY-EE-OOOO: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World and Yodel in HiFi, which, in the process, has gained him some notoriety: he’s the world’s leading expert on yodeling.
Yodeling is largely synonymous with Europe’s Alpine region, but the art form is celebrated around the world, including in South Korea, Japan and the United States.