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, ...

The influence can be traced back to the 1800s when opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country. How Italian opera influenced Mexican ranchera It's a full ...

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 ...

Inside the Arena di Verona, the 2026 Winter Olympics closed with a soaring operatic tribute rooted in Italy’s musical ...

Ah, the opera. It is an otherworldly experience to sit in a hushed, dimly lit theater, gazing at the stage as a hidden orchestra strikes the first stirring chord. The drama is also a cathartic ...

The Closing Ceremony in Verona was a larger-than-life performance jam-packed with euphoric high notes.

The event highlights two of Italy’s greatest cultural arts: opera and ballet, both of which originated in Renaissance Italy. It’s a perfect opportunity to introduce children to the great Italian opera ...

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 ...

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