We play behind bars every week. No one can see our faces. We are shadows or dreams to the people.” Venice, Italy, 1716. Girls ...

Opera is as fundamental to Italy’s soul as the Colosseum, Michelangelo or pasta. To attend an opera performance here in the summer is a quintessential Italian experience — especially if you’re willing ...

The November production of "Tosca" will launch a season-long exploration of the topic of faith by Detroit Opera.

Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience. By Amelia Nierenberg A Peruvian-born international star, ...

VENICE, Italy — The storied Venetian opera house La Fenice is locked in an escalating dispute with its workers over the appointment of a young and telegenic music director with ties to Premier Giorgia ...

Luca Guadagnino has – at least partly – come to Timothée Chalamet’s defense regarding the "Marty Supreme” star’s viral ...

ROME (AP) — Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the fact that behind its faded, flaking paint is a hive of activity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few operas live quite as dangerously as “Tosca”. This fall, Detroit Opera will be inviting audiences back into Puccini’s ...

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. By A.J. Goldmann The Italian ...