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 ...

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 ...

ROME (AP) — A faded, four-story building that was once a pasta factory now houses the warehouse and bustling workshop of the Rome Opera House. The building is home to a trove of scenic backdrops and ...

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 ...

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 ...