We’ll also hear orchestral dances from Ravel and Rachmaninov, and music from Amilcare Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda – the ...

Discover the ownership debate between Italy and France over Rome’s iconic Spanish Steps, exploring the cultural and ...

Marvelous museums, delectable dining, vibrant cultural heritage sites … there’s a lot to do in Downtown LA! As a Los Angeles local, I’ve spent years discovering the cream of the crop in many areas of ...

La Gioconda [the Mona Lisa] is therefore a happy woman whose natural attribute is a smile. The Joker and the Mona Lisa share the same etymology: Jocus’ in Latin,” adds the museum statement.

The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

LA District Attorney George Gascón and challenger Nathan Hochman squared off in in an hour-long debate on Tuesday, Oct 1, which may be the last opportunity that voters have to see them take each other ...

Lujan was disturbed but knew exactly who the woman had been: La Llorona. The legend of La Llorona, or “The Weeping Woman,” is a deeply rooted tale in Mexican and Southwestern U.S. folklore. Although ...

Just because “La Maison” doesn’t invoke its inspirations by name doesn’t mean they don’t exist. The titular fashion house, Ledu, is a revered global brand that’s one of the last ...

And there will likely be more to come as the 2024-25 season arrives as well as with an upcoming “La Gioconda” recording from a recent production at the Teatro San Carlo. To celebrate the soprano’s ...

Nearly 47 years after her death, one of opera’s greatest stars, Greek soprano Maria Callas, is again taking centre stage at the Venice Film Festival played by Angelina Jolie in a new biopic. The film ...

The couple married in 1949. Callas’s Italian opera debut took place at the Verona Arena in August 1947, in a performance of La Gioconda. Over the next few years, under the management of her husband, ...