The Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto, the composer’s hometown, opened in 1868 with two of Verdi’s own compositions. Photograph by Giorgio Allegretti, Age Fotostock Twenty of his 30 operatic ...

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English!) was an Italian composer who dominated the Italian opera scene in the late 19th Century. Verdi's first opera – 'Oberto', written in 1839 – was a big ...

Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi is certainly one of the world’s experts on the works of composer Giuseppe Verdi. He is, after all, the only person to have conducted every work ...

No other composer of Italian opera has managed to match the popularity of Verdi. He told epic stories in a way that immediately appealed to the public with memorable, hummable tunes and lots of drama.

If theater-goers are left to wonder whether Iago hates Otello because he is a racist or because he was skipped for promotion, opera patrons are rewarded with his aria.

La Traviata is significant in the context of Chinese opera history. In 1956, the China National Opera House staged an all-Chinese production at Beijing's Tianqiao Theater, making it one of the first ...

Giuseppe Verdi, one of the greatest musicians in history ... After the death of two sons who were widows, the composer created Nabucco. In a series of events after completing her studies and ...

Pascu’s fantastic performance masterfully kept guests on the edge of these said seats and was equally rich with such small ...

Verdi's Requiem is the most popular of all masses for the dead. Part drama, part despair, part introspection, part redemption, this is the work of a composer well versed in writing for the stage. A ...

Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home ...

By coincidence, the initials V-E-R-D-I stood for ‘Vittorio Emmanuel, Re D’Italia’ and everywhere, all over Italy, the composer’s name/political slogan was to be seen. The cries of ‘Viva Verdi’ could ...

Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home ...