STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Was it the music of Rossini, Puccini or Bellini that grabbed the attention of “Italian Idol” judges? Ultimately, it was an opera piece by Catalani that took the contest, a ...

During a live performance in August 2024, Darci Lynne's puppet friend Petunia dazzled audiences with some Italian opera. Of course, Lynne (a singing ventriloquist and America's Got Talent Season 12 ...

A star-studded concert pulled out all the stops to celebrate one of the country’s most important art forms. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome and Verona, Italy If there was ever any question ...