The influence can be traced back to the 1800s when opera companies and their star singers traveled from Italy to perform across the country. How Italian opera influenced Mexican ranchera It's a full ...

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.

When Frank Maselli was in Rome on a Saturday night three years ago, he happened upon an outdoor concert in the piazza. A handful of singers were belting out opera arias to a piano accompaniment. “I ...

The Italian Opera House and Palmo’s Opera House (below) were the two first purpose-built opera houses, meaning, designed and used specifically for opera. Prior to that, there were other venues used ...

"Love and Romance: A Night of Italian Opera" will be presented Feb. 11 by Mechanics Hall. This is the third year the concert has been presented close to Valentine's Day. To enhance the romantic mood, ...

It's a full house at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles where Mexican tenor Javier Camarena is performing a mix of Italian and French arias, Spanish and Mexican songs in a recital ...