Last month, staff at Catania's opera house staged a funeral in suitably operatic fashion, carrying a coffin through the center of the packed auditorium. The performance wasn't a dramatic staging idea: ...

MILAN – MILAN (AP) — Italy, opera's birthplace, is no stranger to drama. But these days, all of the drama is off stage. A clash of austerity politics and artistic passions has silenced opera houses ...

MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure was celebrated Thursday during La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” with some of the drama spilling ...

The Teatro La Fenice is one of Italy's most popular opera houses, and one that has almost faced its demise from not one, but three big fires since opening in 1792. Locals and visitors alike joke at ...

Last month, staff at Catania's opera house staged a funeral in suitably operatic fashion, carrying a coffin through the center of the packed auditorium. The performance wasn't a dramatic staging idea: ...

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An Italian opera season will play in U.K. movie theaters after Thunderbird Releasing and Rai Com renewed their All’Opera pact. U.K. distributor Thunderbird, and the sales arm of Italian pubcaster Rai, ...