Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda, whose American career has taken off in recent years with his appointment as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington and with high-profile ...

Banned for decades in the Soviet Union for its dissonance and bawdiness, the opera returns as La Scala’s season opener amid the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. By A.J. Goldmann The Italian ...

Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical musicians who were rocking the music world. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports on an historic Italian opera house that's been around for nearly 2 1/2 ...

A decision by storied Venetian opera house La Fenice to sack their incoming music director before she took up the post has sparked a debate about nepotism in Italy. The appointment of Beatrice Venezi ...

ROME, Nov 7 (Reuters) - An Italian opera house has cancelled performances by a Russian singer seen as close to President Vladimir Putin, in a move welcomed by the Italian government. Russian bass ...

ROME (AP) — Behind a rusty gate near Rome’s Circus Maximus is a building passed daily by hordes of tourists. They’re oblivious to the fact that behind its faded, flaking paint is a hive of activity ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: The story incorrectly calls Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va, pensiero” an aria. It is a chorus.] LEILA FADEL, HOST: Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical ...