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Your guide to what’s on in Italy this autumn, from art shows and sports events to festivals and concerts. ARTS Forlì Arte Contemporanea (Forlì Contemporary…

BACKGROUND If there was one Verdi opera that could lay claim to being the longest, it's Don Carlo. Don Carlo started out life as a five-act opera that ran for…

BACKGROUND Based on both the Biblical story of Nebuchadnezzar and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue, Nabucco was the Verdi opera…

BACKGROUND Aida is a four-act opera written by Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antoni Ghislanzoni, which was based on a scenario by French Egyptologist…

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest Italian romantic composers of all time. Giuseppe Verdi was responsible for some of…

On the 10 October 2013, the world celebrates the 200th year since the birth of Giuseppe Verdi. Opera houses worldwide will stage works by the Italian composer…

Daniel Barenboim will open La Scala’s opera season tomorrow by conducting ‘Lohengrin’ by Richard Wagner while facing an onslaught of criticism in the media and…

Though he was to become known as one of the most talented tenors in the world, Salvatore Licitra did not have a musical childhood. Born in Bern, Switzerland…

Italian luxury brand Tod’s has come to the table with yet another offer to save a national cultural landmark. The famous shoemaker recently pledged 25 million…

Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini—fewer countries have given more to the great opera tradition than Italy. The art itself was…