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 — 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 ...

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 ...