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As we continue our coverage of Lombardy, ITALY Magazine’s featured region this November, we take a look at its notable music tradition. You may not be aware…

Music and opera lovers are looking forward to the opening of La Scala's season, scheduled for tonight. Traditionally, the season opens on 7 December, which…

More than 200 concerts, plays and exhibitions have been organized in Milan to mark Italy's semester in the European Union presidency, which began July 1. The…

La Scala’s Philharmonic Orchestra  took Milano by storm with a flashmob in Piazza Castello playing Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps to promote a concert that…

The anticipation surrounding the opening night of the annual opera season at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala opera house reaches fever pitch by late autumn.…

Tonight at 8 pm, Daniel Harding will conduct the Orchestra and Chorus of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala in its annual Christmas concert. The orchestra will perform…

La Scala Theatre’s 2013/2014 season opens in Milan on December 7 with La Traviata. The new season includes 16 productions: 10 operas and 6 ballets. Seven opera…

Your guide to what’s on in Italy this winter, from art shows and sports events, to festivals and concerts. ARTS     La Madonna di Foligno in Milan Raphael…

Carol King examines some of Pope Francis’ favourite things as revealed in a recent interview and discovers many of them are ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ. Pope Francis’ love of…

BACKGROUND Having enjoyed a hugely successful career, by the early 1870s, Verdi felt that the time was right to take retirement. Verdi's publisher disagreed…