The Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona kicks off with *La Traviata*

Promoter Mimmo D’Alessandro: “A huge success for La Prima Estate in Camaiore, with 60,000 paying visitors. The only sour note? The skyrocketing fees.”

D’Alessandro & Galli: 140,000 tickets sold this summer

The government is putting forward traditional songs as a candidate for inclusion on the list of intangible cultural heritage. But in Naples, there is still no associated industry linked to the genre

A Neapolitan song as UNESCO heritage? Some in the city say: ‘Aìzame ’a mesata’

The Farnese Festival kicks off with "Oratorio Santa Clotilde" by Francesco Corselli (1705-1778), on the podium conducting Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi

Long live the Farnese: Baroque music resounds in Parma

Sixteenth edition of Rock in Roma opens at Ippodromo delle Capannelle

Europe's big rock and indie festival season kicks off

After Ought, Tim Darcy continues to use post-punk as an observational tool. The third disc captures the unease of the present

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The Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona kicks off with La Traviata

D’Alessandro & Galli: 140,000 tickets sold this summer

A Neapolitan song as UNESCO heritage? Some in the city say: ‘Aìzame ’a mesata’

Long live the Farnese: Baroque music resounds in Parma

Europe's big rock and indie festival season kicks off

Cost-of-living adjustment in Cola music