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 ...

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As it seeks to shrug off its reputation as a rubbish strewn, mafia-plagued city in decline, Naples is pinning its hopes for revival on its newly resplendent ­opera house. The San Carlo, Italy's oldest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many of Composer Pietro Mascagni’s loud and pessimistic utterings seem prompted by a great personal grievance based on the failure of all his operas since Cavalleria in Rusticana. But his grounds for ...