ROME — Italian opera singing has been added to the United Nations’ (UN) cultural heritage list, a prestigious accolade for the four-centuries-old art mixing costume drama and music.
US culture agency UNESCO said on Wednesday it had included opera under its category of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which already features other famed Italian practices such as pizza-making.
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