As the birthplace of opera, Italy is home to many of the world's most famous opera houses. In fact, at least one opera house can be found in most every substantial city in the country, many of which ...

"The public is informed that it has been necessary to cancel Il Trittico of Puccini in October and Lucia di Lammermoor of Donizetti in November," reads the brief web announcement. It's not just any ...

A group of European singers has launched a crowd-funding campaign to save Italy’s dilapidated opera houses, hundreds of which have been left to rot. Four hundred years after the bel paese hosted the ...

Last month, staff at Catania's opera house staged a funeral in suitably operatic fashion, carrying a coffin through the center of the packed auditorium. The performance wasn't a dramatic staging idea: ...

In 1937, Aldo Finzi received word that his dream would come true: His newly composed opera, “Serenata al Vento,” would premiere the following year at Milan’s La Scala, one of the world’s most renowned ...

A star-studded concert pulled out all the stops to celebrate one of the country’s most important art forms. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome and Verona, Italy If there was ever any question ...

Espresso might have not made the cut, but the Italian opera is seeking to be recognised on UNESCO’s prestigious list of intangible global heritage. Espresso might have not made the cut, but the ...

The collaboration between Dubai Opera and Teatro alla Scala represents a desire to bring the best cultural offerings from around the world to enrich the local creative landscape of the UAE. Image: ...

No barber schemed in Turin; Butterfly stayed alive in Trieste; and Carmen remained chaste in Bologna. Opera houses across Italy are canceling performances because of sputtering strikes over efforts by ...