Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but Robert Carsen's production of Aida gets away with it, showing that power, ...
Palm Beach Opera is inviting audiences to experience the timeless passion and heartbreak of Verdi's La traviata at the Kravis ...
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with a special artist’s choice broadcast selected by Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin; Verdi’s "Falstaff," led b ...
playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in this country. The broadcasts debuted on Dec. 25, 1931, with Humperdinck’s "Hansel and Gretel," and are now the ...
The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and shift some contemporary compositions away ...
Verdi’s triumph ... The Royal Opera orchestra plays well for Daniel Oren, who conducts a performance in which every phrase has been considered afresh. Although the music sometimes feels pulled ...
Sarasota Opera opens a new season with the double bill of one acts ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’ to launch its 66th season.
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. ...
It was Peter Gelb, general manager of New York Metropolitan Opera. The principal tenor singing the role of Radamés in the Met’s new staging of Verdi’s “Aida” was fighting a virus.
Verdi's exquisite melodies and rousing choruses ... Francisco Chronicle), and she sings with the Chicago Lyric Opera and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as well as BOF this season.