Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth. Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe ...

Recently, while researching operas that premiered in November, I rediscovered that "Oberto," by my favorite composer Giuseppe ...

Rigoletto, Movements: ~ Italian Opera Chamber Ensemble Leo Nucci, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, Composer (Il) trovatore, Movements: ~ Italian Opera Chamber Ensemble Leo Nucci, Baritone Giuseppe Verdi, ...

He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime and, today, his works are the most performed operas around the world. He began composing music at 13, and when asked to step in as a last-minute ...

From ‘La traviata’ to ‘Nabucco’, we explore the greatest works by the man who wrote some of the world’s greatest operas, 18th-century Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. Best known for his rousing ...

Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

There’s something special about seeing an opera for the first time. Christopher Mattaliano’s first opera was Giuseppe Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” performed in a summer festival at New York’s Metropolitan ...

Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Venice, March 9, 1844: the opening night of Giuseppe Verdi’s grand new opera, Ernani (pronounced ...

Quinn Kelsey has had success after success at the Metropolitan Opera. These three performances secure his reputation as a great Verdi baritone. By Joshua Barone Verdi’s adaptation of the Shakespeare ...