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, ...

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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 ...

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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 staging of a famous opera and a film depicting the journey of a young swimmer were among highlights of a recent programme ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Opera emphasizes human emotion and imagination. And when it’s Italian opera, there are several other qualities brought to the stage for your listening pleasure. Like this coming ...

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 ...

I surprised the guests of an Italian restaurant with a live piano performance, but nobody expected what happened next. In the ...

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