Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, ...

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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Scheduled for Nov. 15 and 17, the concert will include selections from the great ...

Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, parts 1 ...

Two hundred years ago today, in a small northern Italian village, a couple named Verdi — tavern owners by trade — welcomed the birth of a baby boy who would later change the face of opera forever. And ...

It's that time of year again when freshly steamed curtains are rising on opera stages across the country, introducing another new season of performances. And this time, one composer will be popping up ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Hershey Felder’s latest musical film “The Verdi Traviata,” 19th-century Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi talks about how his middle-period work “La traviata” became so famous in his day that at one ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Scheduled for Nov. 15 and 17, the company will revisit that historic legacy with ...

Antonio Pappano says the London house, where he is wrapping up 22 years as music director, “will always be my home.” By Rebecca Schmid Patrick Carfizzi, a vibrant performer in supporting roles, has ...