A handful of tinny live recordings, mostly with Italian orchestras, have circulated for years without providing anything like a full or consistent picture of the maestro.

Instead, Italian actors, accompanied by an Italian orchestra and chorus, will perform the play.

He has composed operas, chamber music and symphonic works which have been performed by important Italian orchestras and concert societies.

It follows an Italian orchestra as the members go on strike against the conductor.

I am hard pressed to remember a world-class Italian orchestra on tour in this country.

In the early '40 cetra was considered the best among Italian orchestras able to express a jazz language.

It is the only Italian orchestra to attract leading international conductors regularly, and now the only one to make records, for Sony Classics.

Some Italians contend that Italian orchestras are better than their reputations.

Italian orchestras may offer you 12 rehearsals as opposed to the usual 3 or 4, and often end up needing more.

Actually, modern Italian orchestras in these small theaters sound pretty "authentic" already.