Editing Lombardy (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Music of Lombardy|Music of Milan}}
[[File:Architettura La Scala operahouse.jpg|thumb|Founded in 1778, [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]] is the world's most famous opera house.<ref name="Griffin">{{cite book|last1=Griffin|first1=Clive|title=Opera|date=2007|publisher=Collins|location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-124182-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/opera0000grif/page/172 172]|edition=1st U.S.|url=https://archive.org/details/opera0000grif/page/172}}</ref>]]

Each of Lombardy's 12 provinces has its own musical traditions. Bergamo is famous for being the birthplace of [[Gaetano Donizetti]] and home of the Teatro Donizetti; Brescia hosts the 1709 Teatro Grande; Cremona is regarded as the origin of the violin and is home to several of the most prestigious [[luthier]]s;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itinerarieluoghi.it/museo-del-violino-cremona/|title=Cremona e la tradizione liutaia: visita al museo del violino|date=25 October 2023 |access-date=1 February 2024|language=it}}</ref> and Mantua was one of the founding and most important cities in 16th- and 17th-century opera and classical music.

Other cities such as Lecco, Lodi, Varese and Pavia ([[Teatro Fraschini]]) also have rich musical traditions, but Milan is the centre of the Lombard musical scene. It was the workplace of [[Giuseppe Verdi]], one of the most famous and influential 19th-century opera composers. The province has acclaimed theatres, such as the [[Piccolo Teatro (Milan)|Piccolo Teatro]] and the Teatro Arcimboldi; however, the most famous is the 1778 [[Teatro alla Scala]] (popularly La Scala), the world's most famous opera house.<ref name="Griffin"/>