On the occasion of the Christopher Columbus celebration in 1992, new musical life was given to the area around the old port, including the restoration of the house of Paganini and presentations of the Trallalero, the traditional singing of Genoese dock workers.
Additionally, the city is the site of the Teatro Gustavo Modena, the only theater to have survived the bombings of World War II relatively intact.
In the town of Santa Margherita Ligure, the ancient Abbey of Cervara is often the site of chamber music concerts.
Opera in San Remo is staged at the Theater of the Municipal Casino, a large gambling palace built in the early 1900s to take advantage of increased tourism along the French and Italian Riviera.
The Teatro Chiabrera theater in the town of Savona has historically been the main venue for almost all musical and stage productions in the city.