All three rank among his best loved and lasting works ... At the age of 26, Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, premiered at Milan’s La Scala in November 1839. Despite early triumphs, Verdi ...

Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but ...

In fact, his family were landowners and could well afford the best tuition for their son. Verdi always wanted to write opera and he actually wrote little else. After his first 25 successful operas ...

‘One of Them Days’ is an Entertaining Tale of Friends Who Must Scramble to Find the Rent. The raucous... 'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Is Good but Lacks What Made the Original Great. While a ...

Robert Carsen’s abstract revival of Verdi’s opera feels like a work-in-progress of a dauntingly all-too-topical show ...

Sarasota Opera opens a new season with the double bill of one acts ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’ to launch its 66th season.

Verdi was a fervent supporter of the Risorgimento, the reorganisation of the numerous small Italian states into one country. The theme of resurgent nationalism in his early operas, the frequent ...