Get the latest news on the Milan Cortina Olympics as preparations begin for the 2026 Winter Games. The opening ceremony kicks ...

Milan's San Siro Stadium played the role of primary host. But, in the spirit of these unusually widespread Games, ...

The first-of-its-kind Opening Ceremony — the "first widespread Olympic Games" — took place in four separate locations across ...

Music is a universal language that attracts different stories and sensibilities, and intertwines with the opening ceremony’s ...

MILAN (AP) — An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian ...

Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other iconic tastes of Italian culture — plus Mariah Carey hitting all the high notes in “Nel Blu ...

• Let the games begin: Italian President Sergio Mattarella declared the 2026 Winter Olympics open. Two cauldrons — one in Milan and one in Cortina — have been lit, marking a first in the Winter Games’ ...

OperaWire spoke to Tin about the new recording, his inspiration for a new ending of Puccini's work and having his music played at the olympics ...

Luciano Pavarotti, the Italian opera singer, previously sang the song during his final public performance at the 2006 Winter ...