The Arena di Verona hosts operas in a 1st-century Roman amphitheatre.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An open-air theater surrounded by high desert vistas, the Santa Fe Opera is known as the place to watch the sun set while taking in a performance.

The new general manager and artistic director of the Verona Arena, Cecilia Gasdia, 57, talks during an interview with the Associated Press ahead of the season premiere of Rossini's ''Barbiere di ...