Verdi imagined each of his operas painted with a different tincture. Conductor Riccardo Chailly puts together an exciting new album of Verdi's choruses, from his best known to his most obscure. This ...

Los Angeles Opera began last week with the Pulitzer Prize announcement that “Omar,” the acclaimed new opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, was being honored as the year’s best musical ...

In his role as artistic director of the Sarasota Opera, Victor DeRenzi has conducted just about every note of music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. By the completion of the company’s 28-year Verdi Cycle ...

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Riccardo Muti’s tenure as the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which will come to an end next season after thirteen years, is a relationship worth celebrating. That valedictory season ...

Attila the Hun is hardly a cuddly figure. The 5th century ruler of Central and Eastern Europe was known for his brutal treatment of those he conquered across the continent. And yet bass Young Bok Kim, ...

Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Verdi’s Don Carlo, each among their composer’s grandest and most ambitious works, arrived last week courtesy of Teatro Nuovo and the Metropolitan Opera, respectively.

Glamorous opening nights came with “Macbeth,” “Falstaff” and “Otello” — as well as a new version of “Julius Caesar.” By Larry Wolff “Ah, Shakespeare, Shakespeare!” exclaimed Giuseppe Verdi in 1872.

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com When San Francisco Opera opens its 2025-26 season on Sept. 5 with ...

Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth. Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe ...

Dubai Opera will kick off its latest season with a staging of Aida by the Polish National Opera Orchestra on Friday. Hailed as a late-career masterpiece by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, it is part ...