A highbrow culture war is rocking one of Italy’s most famous opera houses

Things are getting ugly at Teatro La Fenice, where the installation of a new musical director has sparked a rebellion.
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They Sang, They Cheered, They Bravo’ed: Italy Is Hailed as Home of Opera

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 ...