This week we turn to the Shakespeare of opera, a composer whose glorious gift for melodies and compassionate gaze celebrates life in all its variety Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is one of the greatest ...

Verdi’s operas are well known – but what about his work as a member of parliament and fervent supporter of Italian unification? On the eve of the composer’s 200th anniversary, Clemency Burton-Hill ...

Is there a composer who is more adored than Giuseppe Verdi? There are composers who command more respect than Verdi, but no one receives more love. To honor the recent anniversary of Verdi’s passing ...

The evening was dedicated – on the 10th anniversary of this death – to Claudio Abbado’s contribution to Santa Cecilia over 26 seasons of the fifty he was active, though none of his performances here ...

Pappano has been Music Director of the Royal Opera for 16 glorious years out of the 50 since the granting of the Royal Charter to what was then the Covent Garden Opera Company. In a typically ...