L'opera
A night at the opera
Did you know?
Opera was invented in Italy around 1600, which is why so many musical words — piano, forte, allegro — are Italian.
At La Scala in Milan the audience is famously honest: wonderful singing gets shouts of 'bravo', and everything else gets silence.
Two giants came from Emilia-Romagna: Giuseppe Verdi, who wrote his operas near Parma, and Luciano Pavarotti, born in Modena.
Verdi wrote his operas in the countryside near Parma, and Pavarotti was a Modena boy who used to teach at school before he sang for the world.
Adam is from Emilia-Romagna — visit his home region.
Words from set 9 · Feelings & People
Take me to Italy!
Travel with Adam and Luna — we'll tell you when the next family trip opens.
