San Diego Union-Tribune

Meloni joins cultural elite celebrating Italian opera’s recognition as a world treasure

VERONA, ItalyVERONA, Italy — 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 ...
The New York Times

They Sang, They Cheered, They Bravo’ed: Italy Is Hailed as Home of Opera

A star-studded concert pulled out all the stops to celebrate one of the country’s most important art forms. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome and Verona, Italy If there was ever any question ...
The New York Times

La Scala Opera Taps an Italian to Be Its Next Leader

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, ...
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History of Music in Sound: Vol. 5: Opera and Church Music [sound recording}

Italian opera --French opera --English opera --German opera -- Italian oratorio --French church music --Italian church music -- English church music --German church cantata (1) --Germana passion music ...