Theater and Music

Theater and Music

Italy has been a land of patrons and performers since the flushest days of the Medicis. Noble courts throughout the peninsula maintained private orchestras.

Long more popular than classical music in Italy, opera continues to boom. Some of the country's dowager opera houses have been refitted with modish new finery.

Even outside Milan and Rome, concerts are definitely a growth stock……Far from keeping audiences away, the widespread ownership of compact disc players and Walkman cassette players has actually brought down the average audience age.

剧院与音乐

自美弟奇家庭最鼎盛时期以来，意大利一直是文艺演出者之乡。当时整个意大利半岛上的贵族家庭都拥有自己的私人乐队。

在意大利，歌剧一直比古典音乐更受喜爱，而且仍旧在继续发展。近来，意大利的一些老式剧院又被重新装修得新潮时尚。

甚至除了米兰和罗马这样的大城市外的其他地方,音乐厅的发展状况也是很好的。尽管CD机和录音机越来越受欢迎，可是音乐会的听众不但没有减少，反而吸引了越来越年轻的听众。