In the same orchestra, on cello, was Arturo Toscanini, who conducted the first performance by the Israel Philharmonic ...

Verdi, on the other hand — his beard was an ungroomed mess.

Verdi’s Nabucco, and especially its chorus Va’, Pensiero, has been long associated with Risorgimento and is still today a ...

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.

Verdi persevered in his ambitions by taking private lessons. After his studies with one Vincenzo Lavigna, from whom he acquired a thorough mastery of counter point, fugue and canon, Verdi applied for ...

Yet when the work in question is by Giuseppe Verdi, the occasion has a special aura, thanks to the unique relationship the Milan theater has had with this supreme composer. On the boards for December ...

A new Metropolitan Opera Live in HD broadcast of Verdi's Aida screens at the Lensic on Saturday, January 25, and is the ...

"Aida" has long epitomized opera at its most extravagant -- think sweeping sets, luxurious costumes and even real-live horses ...

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 ...