Opera wani nau'in kiɗa ne wanda ya samo asali a Italiya a ƙarshen karni na 16. Yana haɗa kiɗa, waƙa, yin wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma wani lokacin rawa, cikin ƙwarewar wasan kwaikwayo. A cikin shekaru, Italiya ta samar da wasu daga cikin manyan mawakan opera, ciki har da Giuseppe Verdi, Gioacchino Rossini, da Giacomo Puccini. Verdi na ɗaya daga cikin mashahuran mawaƙa a kowane lokaci, wanda ya rubuta fiye da 25 operas. Wasu daga cikin sanannun ayyukansa sun haɗa da "La Traviata," "Rigoletto," da "Aida." Rossini, a gefe guda, an san shi da wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo irin su "The Barber of Seville." Puccini ya shahara da wasan operas mai ban mamaki kamar "Madama Butterfly" da "Tosca." A Italiya, akwai gidajen rediyo da yawa waɗanda ke mayar da hankali kan kunna kiɗan opera, gami da Radio Tre, Radio Classica, da Radio Ottanta. Waɗannan tashoshi ba kawai suna kunna guntun opera na gargajiya ba har ma a wasu lokatai suna nuna sabbin abubuwa na zamani da fassarar ayyukan gargajiya. Opera ya kasance muhimmin bangare na al'adun Italiya, kuma ana iya ganin tasirinsa a duk duniya. Mawakan opera masu sha'awar yin horo a Italiya don haɓaka sana'arsu kuma ƙasar ta ci gaba da samar da ƙwararrun mawaƙa, masu gudanarwa, da masu yin wasan kwaikwayo. Shahararriyar nau'in ba ta nuna alamun raguwa ba kuma tana ci gaba da jan hankalin masu sauraro tare da labarun sa maras lokaci da kyawawan kiɗan sa.