Dominique Meyer, the French director of Milan's opera, is due to step down in early March. He will be replaced by an Italian, as has been the case in many of the country's cultural institutions since ...

It’s been 150 years since the Palais Garnier opera house opened in Paris. Today, it is still a working theater — with 172 ...

The Teatro La Fenice is one of Italy's most popular opera houses ... Although renovated in 1996, the historic opera house still has an old-world feel with decadent, intricately designed gold ...

Many of Composer Pietro Mascagni’s loud and pessimistic utterings seem prompted by a great personal grievance based on the failure of all his operas since Cavalleria in Rusticana. But his ...

The next instalment in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is Oslo Opera House, a Snøhetta-designed project that pioneered the concept of architecture as landscape.

Read about National Opera Day 2025 which is observed every year on 8 February. Learn about its history, significance and fun ...

Puccini's ever popular Tosca from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ... the day Napoleon invaded Italy.