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 ...

And don’t miss a chance to listen to the city's classical music in an appropriate setting, such as a deconsecrated church or at the splendid La Fenice opera house. Venice is awash with bewigged ...

Conviviality in Venice is understated and civilised. Forget wild clubbing into the wee hours, and think a bottle of wine and a platter of good cicheti (bar snacks) set off by a breath-taking ...

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 ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: If your Munich visit coincides with the opera’s annual summer festival and you’d like to attend a free live broadcast from the National Theatre/open-air concert at Max ...

The Duomo di Milano, La Scala Opera House and Leonardo da ... Bari serves as a gateway to southern Italy's beaches and villages. Venice, the "Floating City," is one of the most iconic and romantic ...

It was nicely appropriate that one of the ovations on first night should be for conductor Jakub Hrusa, who was making his maiden appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera House.

Guth’s symbolic, psychologically probing production seems more potent than ever with Hrusa at the helm. The musical directorship of the Royal Opera is, on this showing, in safe hands.

This revival of Janáček’s earliest operatic masterpiece marks the first occasion on which Jakub Hrůša has conducted the Royal Opera following the announcement of his appointment as Antonio ...

A 27-year-old Nigerian-born woman, Patricia Masithela, was tragically killed by a pack of starving dogs in Latina, Italy. The attack occurred on Monday at a derelict house, where Patricia had gone ...

The modern-day version of the Venice Carnival has taken place for the past 100 years. A quick guide to Italy's best carnivals Carnival ends each year the day before Ash Wednesday which signifies the ...