With more than 80 opera houses staging a third of total opera performances worldwide, there's no denying that the Germans are big fans of the artform birthed in Italy and popularized in romantic ...

A recent event at the Italian Academy launched a five-year initiative featuring world premieres, conferences, and other ...

Puccini's ever popular Tosca from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ... the day Napoleon invaded Italy.

A British conductor has apologised for likening singers at one of Italy's leading opera houses to warring Mafia families. Edward Gardner, who is principal conductor of the London Philharmonic ...