Rome may seem eternally plagued by challenges but the capital's unlikely success stories should serve as a reminder that positive change is possible in the Italian city. In just five years, the Teatro ...

ROME (Reuters) - Rome's Circus Maximus, once home to ancient chariot races, is preparing for a new season as an opera house as the coronavirus pandemic has forced organisers to seek huge venues that ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, Italian Daniele Gatti conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra during the opening night gala ...

ROME (Reuters) - Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has fired the opening salvo in a budding opera rivalry between Milan and the Italian capital by conceding only the second encore of his entire career ...

ROME (AP) — Oscar-winning film director Sofia Coppola is taking a break from movies to direct a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Rome Opera House. Coppola will work alongside fashion ...

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 ...

ROME (AP) — Rome's opera house is defending hiring conductor Daniele Gatti, who was fired by an Amsterdam-based orchestra last summer over sexual misconduct allegations. Teatro dell'Opera di Roma ...