Italians dismayed as star conductor pulls out of two productions at company hit by strike threats and protests The star Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has pulled out of two productions and in effect ...

Italian maestro Riccardo Muti opened the Rome Opera season on Sunday with Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth as an opera house little known on the international music circuit makes an ambitious bid for prestige ...

In a major coup for the venue, the American film director, along with costumes by Valentino will add allegria to a new production of Verdi’s classic The American film director Sofia Coppola is to make ...

According to Michele Mariotti, music director of the Rome Opera, “Japan is like a second home” for Italy’s opera and classical music community. While the art form is seen as a “part of Italy’s ...

Rome's opera house has sacked nearly 200 members of its permanent orchestra and chorus as Italy's worst economic crisis for decades chokes state spending on the arts. Just two weeks ago, the opera's ...

ROME — Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the fact that behind its faded, flaking paint is a hive of activity ...