Set against a backdrop of 1930s Italy and featuring a sinister carnival atmosphere, this production follows the tragic story of Rigoletto, the unfortunate, sycophant clown to the licentious Duke of ...

San Francisco Opera's Department of Diversity, Equity and Community (DEC) has announced new Opera Aficionado online discussions in October focused on the life and work of Italian opera composer ...

A critic whose love of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi goes back nearly 60 years traveled to northern Italy to visit the places that shaped the man and his music. Giuseppe Verdi in the garden of his home ...

La traviata or The Fallen Woman is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ...

Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, ...

Three opera icons stepped onto the stage during Friday's opening ceremony. Each of them are more than 200 years old ...

At this old-school Philadelphia Italian restaurant, diners are treated to authentic dishes served by a waitstaff singing ...

He last set up of Maestro Franco Zeffirelli, creator of dreams, inaugurated the 97 th opera festival 2019 in a tribute of the Arena di Verona in the presence of Sergio Mattarealla, President of the ...

Honoring Italy’s history of classical music was a whimsical turn in showcase of centuries of cultural arts heritage ...

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas. Verdi was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical ...

It’s a great month to get to know Giuseppe Verdi, the dominant figure in the history of Italian opera. As Minnesota Opera closes its production of the composer’s most popular opera, “La Traviata,” the ...