/macky/ en /macky/2016/01/28/bus-driver-hits-right-note-video <span>Bus Driver Hits The Right Note (video)</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-01-28T10:36:59-07:00" title="Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 10:36">Thu, 01/28/2016 - 10:36</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/macky/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/bolognasinging.jpg?h=e25b0440&amp;itok=NN-TSLEY" width="1200" height="600" alt="Philip Bologna"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/94" hreflang="en">Metropolitan Opera</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/90" hreflang="en">Opera</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/92" hreflang="en">School</a> <a href="/macky/taxonomy/term/96" hreflang="en">Special Needs</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/macky/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/bolognasinging.jpg?itok=ugQky2bk" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Philip Bologna"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Every so often, when his passengers get particularly unruly, First Student bus driver Philip Bologna uses a unique method to try to quiet the agitation: He bursts into song.</p><p>Bologna's is no ordinary voice. At one time in his life, he was heard in opera houses and theaters across the country as a leading tenor. In 1984, he was one of 11 national winners at the famed Metropolitan Opera National Auditions, crowning him as one the elite young opera singers in the nation.</p><p>Today, Bologna, 63, deploys his singing talent in less august surroundings. His audience is no longer regally dressed music connoisseurs who he entertained as Papageno in Mozart's "Magic Flute," but Rochester Public School high school and elementary students with special needs.</p><p><a href="http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/bus-driver-hits-the-right-note/article_3c837c46-7b94-574d-ad3c-7697bf0b242d.html" rel="nofollow">Continue reading here</a>.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:36:59 +0000 Anonymous 160 at /macky