After months of opposition, The Teatro La Fenice – Venice's renowned opera house – has dropped the incoming Musical Director Beatrice Venezi over statements “deemed offensive and detrimental to the ...

PALERMO, Sicily (CN) — Italy’s illustrious opera world — a centuries-old bastion of artistry, discipline and national pride — is facing something it has never seen before: an orchestra on strike ...

Venezi said that those who opposed her were "afraid of change, of renewal". Venice's prestigious La Fenice opera house has sacked its incoming music director Beatrice Venezi, months before she was ...

VENICE – The storied Venetian opera house La Fenice is locked in an escalating dispute with its workers over the appointment of a young and telegenic music director with ties to Premier Giorgia Meloni ...