Their concerts this weekend with the San Diego Symphony mark a homecoming for Dego, who began playing violin here as a child ...

To overcome his grief, Verdi throws himself into a new opera ... representative in the first Italian parliament, but in 1865, he retired in order to focus on music. His next great work, Don ...

Unesco, the UN culture agency, announced it was including the four-centuries-old art, mixing costume, drama and music, under its category of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Italian opera developed ...

This form of vocal music was in contrast to the ... costumes and scenery. Influential opera composers include: Giuseppe Verdi - Italian composer whose work covered political themes, Shakespeare ...