Carlo Gozzi, who recorded the tale "The Love for Three Oranges» (L'amore delle tre melarance, 1761) in the spirit of the Italian commedia dell'arte, was fond of saying: "It must be remembered that if ...

MILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - La Scala opens its new season on Sunday with Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, an opera promoting women's rights that was once ...

Read full article: Report: Pry to likely return to Virginia Tech as defensive coordinator La Scala’s music director Riccardo Chailly conducted Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” for the ...

Italy La Scala Season Opening The stage is prepared ahead of the dressed rehearsal of the Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, by Dmitri Shostakovich, at La Scala Opera ...

ROME, Nov 7 (Reuters) - An Italian opera house has cancelled performances by a Russian singer seen as close to President Vladimir Putin, in a move welcomed by the Italian government. Russian bass ...