The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony begins on Friday.

VERONA, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joined top political and cultural figures at Verona’s ancient Arena amphitheater Friday night for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric opera’s ...

ROME, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list, a prestigious accolade for the four-centuries-old art mixing costume drama and music. U.N.

Donizetti, a world-famous Italian opera composer was born into a poor family in Bergamo in the early 19th century. He joined the local choir and impressed the cathedral choir master Mayr so much that ...