The swankest of the arts in 18th-Century London was Italian opera. Periwigged courtiers, who could not understand a word of it, raised their lace cuffs to applaud the ornate trilling of swivel-voiced ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Voice faculty members in Mississippi State’s Department of Music are presenting an Italian opera recital Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. on MSU’s campus. “La Regata Italiana” takes place in ...

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 ...

ROME, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list, a prestigious accolade for the four-centuries-old art mixing costume drama and music. U.N.

The Arena is the largest open-air theatre in the world - Copyright AFP Marco BERTORELLO The Arena is the largest open-air theatre in the world - Copyright AFP Marco ...

An American soprano who sang when the United States rejoined UNESCO weighed in on the agency’s addition of Italian opera singing to a heritage list. By Farah Nayeri Is opera an endangered art form ...

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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 ...

Nello Santi, a conductor who was one of the most authoritative interpreters of Italian opera, especially the works of Giuseppe Verdi, and a podium favorite of singers and orchestra players, died on ...