Giuseppe Verdi News

Experiencing a worthy performance of a great opera, such as Pittsburgh Opera's recent production of "Falstaff," is as much a matter of excitement as satisfaction.

Russian high society got an earful of what their riches can obtain this week when a Japanese violinist serenaded them on one of the most expensive violins ever sold at auction.

Baritone Marco Vratogna and soprano Zvetelina Vassileva co-star in Verdi's masterpiece opening this Sunday at the War Memorial Opera House By SeA n Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka San Francisco Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi's masterwork OTELLO , opening Sunday afternoon, November 8th, with six subsequent performances ...

"Everything in the world is a jest . . . We make each other crazy, all of us. But he who laughs well has the last laugh." - Sir John Falstaff Over the four years Giuseppe Verdi needed to craft Falstaff, his final - and, some experts say, most masterful - opera, the Italian composer called his main character "Big Belly." Writing music for Big Belly ...

When it comes to putting a season schedule together, an opera company can be damned if it does and damned if it doesn't. Not enough chestnuts and many patrons get heated.

Verdi saw the stuff of great literature for an opera when he first encountered Victor Hugo's failed play, 'Le roi s'amuse.' For a near-capacity audience Saturday night at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, the mournful opening notes of the trumpets probably tempted viewers to surmise that it was not going to turn out warm and fuzzy, and ...

Mark Kanny can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7877. Ways to get us Laughter rang out repeatedly Saturday night at the Benedum Center, Downtown, when Pittsburgh Opera presented the first of four performances of Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff." The production features a fabulous portrayal of the title role by baritone Mark Delavan, who conveyed ...

Giuseppe Verdi's wildly popular opera "La Traviata" opens the Pioneer Valley Symphony's 71st season on Saturday at the Academy of Music.

Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera La Traviata is based on the play La Dame aux Cornelias by Alexandre Dumas, fils .

Mark Kanny can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7877. Everyone ends up laughing in Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff." One of opera's mere handful of genuinely funny comic operas, it was the improbable farewell to the stage of the master of Italian operatic tragedy.

At 68, he's past the usual retirement age, but Placido Domingo is still adding to a remarkable resume that includes tenor, conductor and opera administrator.

Date : Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:21:48 +0500 VERDI CHORUS TO PRESENT FALL CONCERT NOVEMBER 21/22 Jenine Baines California Chronicle 15 October 2009 15:27:58 When most people think of going to the opera, there's a good chance they'll think of productions by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini or Georges Bizet.

When the Michigan Opera Theatre opens its season with Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco" on Saturday, an Ypsilanti native and and Ann Arbor native will be part of the cast.

Musical icons Tim Rice and Elton John don't have anything on a select group of West Liberty High School drama students.

Utah Opera's Macbeth SATURDAY 10.17 By Jacob Stringer Giuseppe Verdi's classic Macbeth is a perfect way for Utah Opera to open its 2009-10 season .

Giuseppe Verdi's opera classic "Macbeth" was chosen as the opening performance for the 12th Beijing International Music Festival over the weekend.

Opera fans attended Saturday's opening-night performance of the Washington National Opera's "Falstaff" at the Kennedy Center Opera House with great expectations.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2009. There are 82 days left in the year.

Today is Saturday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2009. There are 82 days left in the year.

Uri Caine, pianist & composer, opens 2009-10 season of free Stanford Lively Arts Informances at the Community School of Music and Arts on Thursday, October 8 at 6 p.m. In the mid-1880s, Giuseppe Verdi towered over Italy's cultural scene, a reclusive rock star-like figure with more than a dozen beloved masterpieces to his credit.