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Italy celebrated the inclusion of Italian opera singing on the World Heritage List with a gala concert at the Arena of Verona on Friday night that was broadcast on national television. The concert, ...

Piazza Italia 2026, presented by the Nashville Bel Canto Foundation, returns on Friday, March 13 with this year’s theme, “Opera Goes to the Movies.” The evening celebrates the powerful relationship ...

When Frank Maselli was in Rome on a Saturday night three years ago, he happened upon an outdoor concert in the piazza. A handful of singers were belting out opera arias to a piano accompaniment. “I ...

VERONA, ItalyVERONA, Italy — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joined top political and cultural figures at Verona’s ancient Arena amphitheater Friday night for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The notion struck her as crazy initially. No one, thought Joyce Mariani, would be interested in live opera at the Italian Cultural Garden. How wrong she was. Not only did the event ...

Fortunato Ortombina, the general director of Teatro La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, will succeed Dominique Meyer, a respected French impresario. By Elisabetta Povoledo The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, ...

The audience went wild when the she took her final bow Saturday at the Barre Opera House. The crowd was on its feet clapping, yelling and whistling. It was even raucous — and it was opera. Italian ...

VERONA, Italy — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joined top political and cultural figures at Verona’s ancient Arena amphitheater Friday night for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric opera’s ...