Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list. Unesco, the UN culture agency, announced it was including the four-centuries-old art, mixing costume, drama and ...

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy was launched in 2015 in Ravenna’s Teatro Alighieri. We explore the impact of the maestro on the next generation of opera artists Muti coaching ...

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, ...

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 recognition by UNESCO ...

Some of the world's finest singers performed arias, including German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, French baritone Ludovic Tezier, Italian soprano Eleonora Buratto, and her compatriots Luca Salsi and ...

From boos to vegetables, opera stars have had to put up with all sorts being aimed in their direction over the centuries ...

The grim joke told with increasing frequency among Italian opera buffs is: “When is bankruptcy not a bankruptcy?” The answer: “When it affects an opera house.” With most lyric theatres in Italy unable ...

Peking opera, inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is a performance art dating back to the late 18th century and incorporates singing, reciting ...

Police with riot shields cordoned off the streets. Crowds jostled to glimpse passing politicians and fashionistas. The season's opening night at La Scala, Milan, the world's most illustrious opera ...

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 ...

Young students perform the Peking opera Badachui in Wuhan on May 8, 2023.[Photo/CGTN] Peking opera, inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is a ...