"Il Trovatore" is the most operatic of operas: Enrico Caruso famously said of it, "It's easy to stage: You just need the four best singers in the world." It serves as the background to the Marx ...

In 1848, for a French-language production of Nabucco at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Giuseppe Verdi was asked to compose ballet music—a requirement of French grand opéra. He delivered, ...

Verdi imagined each of his operas painted with a different tincture. Conductor Riccardo Chailly puts together an exciting new album of Verdi's choruses, from his best known to his most obscure. This ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Ridgefield Playhouse's Classical Series continues on Friday, April 7, 2023 at ...

Pappano has been Music Director of the Royal Opera for 16 glorious years out of the 50 since the granting of the Royal Charter to what was then the Covent Garden Opera Company. In a typically ...

The evening was dedicated – on the 10th anniversary of this death – to Claudio Abbado’s contribution to Santa Cecilia over 26 seasons of the fifty he was active, though none of his performances here ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Reporter’s Notebook The company says it has a fix for the unwieldy world of classical streaming. But it’s unclear how much traction a stand-alone app ...