The operatic Barber of Seville, based on Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’ play Le Barbier de Séville, has never been ...

Veteran director Chuck Hudson brings his background as a devoted student of legendary French mime artist Marcel Marceau to Rossini's famous comic opera.

Vancouver Opera has opted for a season built on recognizability. For 2026 to 2027, the company’s 67th year, it will stage three of the most frequently performed operas in the repertoire: Tosca, The ...

The world’s most storied opera house is providing snobs a haven in the middle of a sports circus.

A musically ambitious yet uneven 'Rigoletto' in the beautiful southern city reveals both the resilience of the Italian opera ...

This small gem of an opera, first seen in Milan in August 1814, was a collaboration between the 22-year-old Rossini and the 26-year-old scholar-poet Felice Romani, already well on his way to becoming ...

The trumpet is an instrument equally at home in every century - in fact, we have evidence of ancient trumpets going back thousands of years! But the instrument had its heyday in the Baroque period, ...

Mariah Carey delivered a show-stopping performance of the classic 1950s Italian song “Nel blu, dipinto di blu" at the 2026 ...

An unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Winter Olympics opening ceremony replete with references to Italian icons and culture has officially kicked off the Milan Cortina Games, as the sports spectac ...

The unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron Milan Cortina Winter Games opening ceremony replete with references to Italian ...

Jason Duika has been steadily making a name for himself as an up-and-coming American Verdi Baritone, having sung with over ...