The Intangible Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) on Wednesday proclaimed the art of Italian opera singing to be part of the intangible heritage of humanity.
Luciano Pavarotti, widely considered to be one of the greatest opera singers of all time. (Photo: AAP)
Luciano Pavarotti, widely considered to be one of the greatest opera singers of all time. (Photo: AAP)
The decision came at a meeting of the Committee’s member countries in Botswana.
In March 2022, Italy’s UNESCO commission, chaired by Franco Bernabe’, approved a bid by Italian opera to go forward as a candidate to present to the UNESCO intergovernmental committee for the 2023 cycle.
Then culture minister Dario Franceschini said that with the opera bid “Italy is aiming for the recognition of one of its most authentic and original cultural expressions”.
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