It might be the setting for Romeo and Juliet, but Verona’s 2000-year-old arena is its greatest theatrical achievement.

VERONA, Italy (AP) – The Verona Arena amphitheater in northern Italy has returned to staging full operas for the first time since the pandemic – but with one big difference. The monumental sets that ...

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Art, history and athleticism are set to collide at the Milano Cortina 2026 Closing Ceremony. The organising committee ...

Spectators watch Rossini’s ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’ at the Verona Arena, in Verona, Northern Italy, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. After the colossal Roman-era Verona Arena amphitheater lost audience and ...

An inspection team has visited Verona Arena to assess what work must be carried out to allow the ancient venue to host the Closing Ceremonies of the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games being ...

The Verona Arena, a Roman amphitheatre in the heart of the northern Italian city, will host the closing ceremony for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, local organisers said on Thursday.

ROME, NOV 6 - A Russian baritone will not sing Don Giovanni at Verona's Arena next January after the amphitheatre's ...

VERONA, Italy — The colossal Roman-era Verona Arena amphitheater remains an imposing presence in the northern Italian city’s main piazza, but its place in the opera world has waned in recent years.

The Verona Arena amphitheater in northern Italy has returned to staging full operas for the first time since the pandemic — but with one big difference. The monumental sets that normally fill the vast ...