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 ...

ROME (Reuters) - Rome's opera house has sacked nearly 200 members of its permanent orchestra and chorus as Italy's worst economic crisis for decades chokes state spending on the arts. Just two weeks ...

About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible.

Lohengrin, the first Wagner opera to be produced in Italy, has long been a staple of the Italian stage. There have been more than 450 documented productions in the country going back to its national ...

On January 2, 1958, a minor official at the Rome Opera House bore the thankless task of announcing bad news to the audience: Maria Callas had left the building. The legendary soprano, stricken by ...

Riccardo Muti has agreed to lead Rome's opera house as the Italian capital tries to raise its music profile in a country where Milan's La Scala dominates the field, the city's mayor said. "Maestro ...