Editor’s note: This story about Falstaff, which will be performed tonight at the Aspen Music Festival, was first published in The Aspen Times in July 2011 and has been updated. “Falstaff” is not like ...

Nearly 300 operas were influenced by themes or entire stories from the prolific pen of William Shakespeare, who wrote 37 plays in his lifetime. As a prelude to Opera Santa Barbara’s gala concert ...

I Lombardi alla prima crociata (The Lombards at the First Crusade) is the Verdi opera that immediately followed Nabucco, the composer’s third opera and breakthrough success. Like Nabucco, it was first ...

Don Carlos, Movements: ~ Charles Castronovo, Tenor Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra Constantine Orbelian, Conductor Don Carlos, Movements: ~ Charles Castronovo, Tenor Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra ...

The Verdi Chorus celebrates its 35th anniversary with its Spring 2018 concert The Force of Destiny for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 28 and 29 led ...

Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi is certainly one of the world’s experts on the works of composer Giuseppe Verdi. He is, after all, the only person to have conducted every work that ...

On Saturday and Sunday, local operatic group the Verdi Chorus concludes its 40th anniversary season with its spring concert, Star-Crossed!, featuring a mix of classics including sequences from ...

For only the second time in Academy Awards history, two of the five nominated songs are from documentaries-and one of them is ...