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Otello, by Giuseppe Verdi, will premiere at Tel Aviv’s Israeli Opera, 19 Shaul Hamelech St., on Sun., Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. with eight planned performances after that date.
The Greek National Opera is reviving acclaimed Italian director Leo Muscato’s production of Verdi’s Nabucco led by internationally acclaimed Italian conductor Paolo Carignani in his GNO debut.
Sarasota Opera is world-renowned for its Verdi Cycle. Between 1989 and 2016, the company undertook an ambitious project to perform all of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi’s operas and other ...
Giuseppe Verdi pulled his opera ‘Stiffelio’ after its premiere because of censorship. It took more than 100 years before it returned to the stage.
Last fall, Sarasota Opera presented a concert of music by Giacomo Puccini “The Music of Giuseppe Verdi” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and 3 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Sarasota Opera House ...
Tune in at 8pm to hear Verdi's Il Trovatore staring Giuseppe Di Stefano and Maria Callas recorded in 1957 and conducted by Herbert Von Karajan.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect cast changes due to illness. GREAT BARRINGTON — In 2021, Berkshire Opera Festival presented “Falstaff,” Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera. It was his ...
Verdi was concerned about working on a new opera at his advanced age, but he yearned to write a comic work and was pleased with Boito's draft libretto. It took the collaborators three years from ...
Among Met commissions, Carlos Simon’s opera for 2026-27 has been renamed “In the Rush” from “The Highlands” and Huang Ruo’s The Wedding Banquet” will open the 2027-28 season.
“The Music of Giuseppe Verdi” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 and 3 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Sarasota Opera House, 61 N. Pineapple Ave., Sarasota.