Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but ...

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 ...

Music, as a universal language, has the power to connect and bridge differences between cultures. Since operatic music serves ...

Verdi’s Nabucco, and especially its chorus Va’, Pensiero, has been long associated with Risorgimento and is still today a ...

Big instrumental forces, huge choruses and music that is impactful builds a texture that makes you think wow! No other composer of Italian opera has managed to match the popularity of Verdi.

The issue of cultural appropriation remains a hot topic in opera. Is it still PC to have Puccini’s Madama Butterfly set in Japan or his Turandot in China? And what is to be done with Verdi’s Aida, a ...

Riccardo Muti led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a program that featured Verdi’s “Four Seasons” and Tchaikovsky.

If theater-goers are left to wonder whether Iago hates Otello because he is a racist or because he was skipped for promotion, opera patrons are rewarded with his aria.

The cries of ‘Viva Verdi’ could be heard as vociferously in the opera house as in the street. Verdi, however, disliked direct involvement with politics and withdrew from the first Italian parliament. ...

Vancouver Opera is gearing up for a powerhouse 2025/2026 season featuring three of the most celebrated works in the operatic canon. The upcoming lineup promises a mix of drama, comedy, and romance, ...

Teatro alla Scala has picked many operas to open a new season, an event of perennial importance on the international classical-music calendar and one of great ... s sets and makes welcome room for the ...

The singers, Zhou Shen from China and Diego from Peru, focused on illustrating the China-Peru stories interactively with music. Moreover, the NCPA production of Verdi's opera returned in December ...