New companion documentary, Wagner's Dream, chronicling the backstage challenges of creating the Met's landmark production, begins week-long Wagner festival NEW YORK,

Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park airs on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, Friday December 2 at 9 p.m. ET (check local listings). Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of music director Alan Gilbert, the spectacular event was Bocelli's special gift to New York City. The program is the New York-based offering of the multi-city PBS Arts Fall Festival, which includes four Great Performances productions. Award-winning journalist Paula Zahn

A Welsh opera singer says his forgetfulness nearly left him with only shorts to wear for a concert in Seoul. Singer Bryn Terfel said he found himself in shorts minutes before he was to take the stage at a concert hall in the South Korean capital because he'd forgotten his pants at his hotel during a recent warm Seoul day, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. One can be a bit forgetful on the day of a concert -- and I forgot my trousers at the hotel, the 6-foot-4 singer said.

BRYN Terfel's Faenol Festival now has its own entry on the socialising website Facebook. The popularity of the music event has grown hugely since it began in 2000. The ninth Faenol Festival takes place between Bangor and Caernarfon on August 22-25.

THE winner of the search to find Nancy for the new West End production of Oliver! is the latest star to join the Faenol Festival line-up.