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 ...

La traviata or The Fallen Woman is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ...

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 musical ...

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 ...

Welcome to Opera Abbreviated, your very own series of podcasts designed to give you a pithy sense of the operas being presented by the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series. A new production of ...

To Raise the Curtain on San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season, San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present Opera Ball on Friday, September 5, 2025. The festive evening includes a ...

Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent. By David Allen The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres ...

The statue of Giuseppe Verdi, set high above a patch of daffodils, draws scant attention from people hurrying to the subway at Seventy-second Street and Broadway, or even from people lounging on the ...

Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe Verdi gather in New York to celebrate him and his operas, like "La Traviata," "Aida" and "Otello." The latest gathering was Friday, marking 212 ...