Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

Set against a backdrop of 1930s Italy and featuring a sinister carnival atmosphere, this production follows the tragic story of Rigoletto, the unfortunate, sycophant clown to the licentious Duke of ...

Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth. Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe ...

San Francisco Opera opens its 103rd season on Friday, September 5 with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit gala co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (September ...

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, ...

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 ...

PARMA, Italy — The Festival Verdi Parma has led a sleepy existence here for most of its 18 years. But now it demands attention. Where else in four days can you see four Verdi operas so rare the most ...

Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent. By David Allen The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres ...

MILAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo was being performed on Thursday at the traditional gala night to mark the opening of the new season at Milan's La Scala opera house ...

‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont. “I’ve heard so many lyric sopranos, household names that appear on big ...