This year, the many celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Puccini’s birth are set to include the unveiling of a new al fresco opera house on the shores of the lake where many of his masterpieces were composed. Giacomo Puccini was the most commercially successful opera composer there has ever been. At his death in [...]
06/07/2008
Wimbledon 2008: Roger Federer v Rafael Nadal -Rafael Nadal wins 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7
Fifth set: Federer 7-9 Nadal* Game, set and match Nadal! What a match; what a game. Perhaps struggling to control the new balls, Nadal sends a forehand long to go 0-15 down. Then a remarkable thing happens: Nadal follows his serve in for the first time in the match, and pounds away a winning volley. [...]
