In his role as artistic director of the Sarasota Opera, Victor DeRenzi has conducted just about every note of music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. By the completion of the company’s 28-year Verdi Cycle ...

It has been 20 years since Sarasota Opera last presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “Stiffelio” as part of its 28-year Verdi Cycle of performing just about every note written by the composer. The opera about a ...

After starting the new year with a fine production of Puccini's Turandot, the Royal Opera has done even better with a perfect ...

Luca Antonucci's Top 5 Verdi opera choruses Giuseppe Verdi is by many measures the master of the operatic chorus. So, who better to talk to about his music than the Berkshire Opera Festival’s newly ...

The Verdi Chorus will continue its 42nd season with a special Master Class led by critically praised dramatic baritone Malcolm MacKenzie with six of the Verdi Chorus' Fox Singers at the First ...

Opera San Antonio cracked open its landmark fifth season Thursday with a lavish, touching production of Giuseppe Verdi’s beloved “La Traviata,” the company’s third Verdi show in its history. An opera ...

The gesture was as familiar to Metropolitan Opera audiences as the gold curtain itself: arms flung wide, massive head tilted to the galleries, the barrel-chested man with the thin legs would stand at ...

Based in Parma, Club dei 27 is so exclusive that it’s given rise to all sorts of myths. But it’s really about venerating the famous opera composer born near the Italian city. By Elisabetta Povoledo ...

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