Music & Opera
Opera houses, composers and the theatres where Italian music is still performed.
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Teatro alla Scala
Milan's 1778 opera house, shaped by Verdi, wartime destruction and Toscanini's legendary 1946 reopening.
Teatro di San Carlo
The world's oldest continuously active opera house, opened for a Bourbon king in 1737.
Teatro La Fenice
Venice's opera house, risen three times from fire, where Verdi premiered La Traviata and Rigoletto.
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