Opera was born in Venice, and Evelyn’s description was written just as the art form was gaining more popular appeal. Its roots, however, lay not in the great public theaters but in the court. An ...

SOMETHING was in the air that February day as one of America’s top authors skimmed across the lagoon toward Venice. The something was charcoal and the writer was John Berendt. The acrid smell filling ...

MILAN, - Venice's famed La Fenice opera house cancelled its opening night on Wednesday for the first time in more than 30 years due to a strike by staff, forcing the theatre to reimburse disappointed ...

VENICE, Italy — The storied Venetian opera house La Fenice is locked in an escalating dispute with its workers over the appointment of a young and telegenic music director with ties to Premier Giorgia ...

AS CRISTIANO CHIAROT points out, an opera house’s choir and orchestra are not just a cost, they’re an asset. That is hardly a brilliant insight: no opera house can function without its musicians. But ...

EXCLUSIVE: Opera star Renée Fleming will appear in live conversations in September and October tied to the Imax releases of documentary films focused on Paris and Venice. The “Cities That Sing” ...