SOMETHING was in the air that February day as one of America’s top authors skimmed across the lagoon toward Venice. The something was charcoal and the writer was John Berendt. The acrid smell filling ...

MILAN, - Venice's famed La Fenice opera house cancelled its opening night on Wednesday for the first time in more than 30 years due to a strike by staff, forcing the theatre to reimburse disappointed ...

VENICE, Italy, Aug 29, (AP): Angelina Jolie has played an evil queen, a war correspondent, a hacker, an international spy and a sociopath and is now adding opera singer to her resume. It’s not just ...

VENICE, Italy — 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 ...