A Woman on Fire The evening began with Cavalleria Rusticana, that emblematic firework of verismo opera, premiered in Rome in ...

Leonardo da Vinci travelled by horseback from Italy to France with the Mona Lisa carefully rolled up in his saddlebag.He had been invited by King Francis 1, who gave him a handsome country mansion ...

Last year's new production of Carmen from Damiano Michieletto won critical acclaim. Directed as a verismo piece, Michieletto ...