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ROME (AP) — Milan's La Scala, one of the world’s most prestigious and historic opera houses, has named Fortunato Ortombina as its new director, ending months of political controversy. He will step ...

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 banned in Russia. The Milan ...

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's La Scala opera house reopened its doors to a restricted audience on Monday, raising hopes of a gradual resumption of Milan's vivid cultural life after a nearly seven-month ...

Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience. By Amelia Nierenberg A Peruvian-born international star, ...

What’s the best place for coffee near the shows? Marchesi (Via San Maria alla Porta 11/A); St. Ambroeus (Corso Matteotti 7: the one in New York has the same name but it’s a different company, the ...

FILE - A view of La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy, on April 4, 2022. An Italian composer has been commissioned by Milans Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto ...

MILAN (AP) — Italian composer Francesco Filidei has been commissioned by Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto Eco’s most famous novel “The Name of the ...