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Verona (Italy) (AFP) – Verona's ancient Roman Arena will host a star-studded classical concert Friday to celebrate the addition of Italian opera singing to UNESCO's list of intangible global heritage.

Unesco, the United Nations' cultural agency, has bestowed cultural heritage status upon Italian opera singing, acknowledging the four-century-old art form as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The UN cultural agency on Wednesday added to its list of intangible global heritage Italian opera singing, an art "transmitted only orally" between maestro and pupil that attracts students globally.

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Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations' cultural heritage list. Unesco, the UN culture agency, announced it was including the four-centuries-old art, mixing costume, drama and ...

Italian opera singing has been recognized on a UN cultural heritage list in an acknowledgment of the practice as a “living art form.” Italian opera made its debut in the late 1500s in Florence and ...