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 ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Voice faculty members in Mississippi State’s Department of Music are presenting an Italian opera recital Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. on MSU’s campus. “La Regata Italiana” takes place in ...

One of the great stars of Italian opera Mirella Freni, who as an infant shared a wet nurse with Luciano Pavarotti, died Sunday at the age of 84 following a long illness, media reports said. Born in ...

But is it possible that Italian opera could be considered a world heritage by UNESCO, on par with Peruvian ceviche or the Sicilian puppet theater? And why, at the opening night of La Scala, do only ...

Fabio Armiliato, one of the most important tenors on the international opera scene, is in town to train young Asian opera singers in Bangkok before delivering a final concert, at 140 Wireless Building ...

An Italian opera house has cancelled performances by a Russian singer seen as close to President Vladimir Putin, in a move welcomed by the Italian government. Russian bass Ildar Abdrazakov was due to ...

Italian opera singer Gioconda Vessichelli visited Guwahati to honor the late singer Zubeen Garg, a month after his passing. Their collaboration in Garg's unreleased Assamese film, 'Roi Roi Binale,' ...

The comic opera "The Elixir of Love" will be appearing on stage in Seoul, produced hand-in-hand by Korean and Italian opera companies. It will be a new opportunity for Seoul classical music ...