If you love classical music and opera, Italy is more than a great place to hear it - because along with Germany, Italy is where Western music was born. When you hear "do-re-mi" or read musical ...

VENICE—Luca Salsi glowered and lurched his way around the stage, clutching his hand to his chest as he geared up for his death scene in “Simon Boccanegra,” Verdi’s opera about a pirate who becomes ...

VERONA, Italy (AP) — 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 ...