The Opera Virgin

Mozart’s opera about an 18th century playboy bears a strange resemblance to the Tinder Swindler

The Opera Virgin, intent on his mission to take in every opera performance in South Africa, discovers that elixirs may not induce love

Opera is about so much more than vocally gifted people singing in a foreign language — the genre has notched up a few scandals and interesting titbits in its 400-plus years.