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 ...

FILE - A view of La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, on April 4, 2022. Milans La Scala, one of the worlds most prestigious and historic opera houses, has named ...

Milan’s La Scala and other cultural institutions don't have to grant artists long-term contracts — but nations also can't leave performers stuck without real protection.

Fortunato Ortombina, the general director of Teatro La Fenice, Venice’s opera house, will succeed Dominique Meyer, a respected French impresario. By Elisabetta Povoledo The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, ...

He appeared regularly at the Metropolitan Opera and sang in major European opera houses, but a stage accident in 2005 nearly ended his career. By Adam Nossiter Milan’s famed opera house is cracking ...

MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted Thursday with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” an opera that hits hot-button ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly knows that Milan's legendary La Scala opera house, where he takes over as principal conductor in January, is a political and cultural pressure ...

ROME (AP) — Milan's La Scala, one of the world’s most prestigious and historic opera houses, has named Fortunato Ortombina as its new director, ending months of political controversy. He will step ...

MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted with La Scala’s season premiere of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” The start of the Milan opera house’s ...

As a local nonprofit prepares to dissolve, it’s requesting that the City of Roanoke preserve two area cemeteries packed/riddled with centuries of history. Read full article: A warm weekend, but a ...