Date of Death: January 27, 1901 (87)
Birth Place: LeRoncole, Parma, ITALY
Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi comes to Opéra Bastille, playing now through 3 April 2024.
The Sarasota Opera 2024 Winter Opera Festival is in its final weeks of performances. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets.
For the first time in more than a decade, Verdi’s romantic and political drama Aida returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago, March 9 to April 7, 2024. See photos from the production.
'There is only AIDA that is like AIDA.' From epic choral scenes to intimate duets, Music Director Enrique Mazzola shares why Giuseppe Verdi's opera is unlike any other. See the Maestro conduct his first-ever AIDA, opening March 9 at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA—A MASKED BALL—certainly makes for a juicy opera, on paper at least. It has a plot filled with passion, jealousy and conspiracies, and a score by Giuseppe Verdi that has some of his most memorable music, including a great duet, plus unforgettable arias for soprano, tenor and baritone, and some first-rate music for secondary characters (Ulrica the fortune teller and Oscar the pants-role page) and chorus. The production at Barcelona’s gorgeous Grand Liceu Theatre didn’t stint on the resources for the cast and Verdi sounded as good as he should under conductor Riccardo Frizza with the company’s orchestra and chorus in fine form.
Pacific Opera Victoria has unveiled their 2024/25 Opera Season. See full season programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
The Canadian Opera Company announced its 2024/2025 season with exciting programming comprised almost entirely of new-to-Toronto productions including the first-ever COC staging of Verdi’s Nabucco, the world premiere of a new production of Gounod’s Faust, and the Toronto premiere of La Reine-garçon, a new creation from Canadians Julien Bilodeau and Michel Marc Bouchard.
The Metropolitan Opera has unveiled the 2024–25 season lineup. Learn about the operas being presented and see how to purchase tickets.
The 2024–25 Season includes six mainstage opera productions along with concert presentations including a one-night-only performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on October 26, honoring the work's 200th anniversary and, in the summer of 2025, a special Pride Concert celebrating San Francisco's LGBTQIA+ community.
La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través del Estudio de la Ópera de Bellas Artes (EOBA), ofrecerán 10 funciones de una versión reducida de la famosa ópera italiana La bohème, del compositor Giacomo Puccini. Serán ocho funciones con una duración de 60 minutos en el Teatro El Granero Xavier Rojas, del Centro Cultural del Bosque, así como dos funciones con duración de 30 minutos en el Palacio Postal, en la Ciudad de México.
Sarasota Opera has announced its 2024-25 Opera Season. Learn more about the lineup here!
Teatro Grattacielo presents YOUNG Artists Opera: L’ELISIR D’AMORE in partnership with Camerata Bardi International Academy and Cultural Center of Crete. Learn how to purchase tickets.
LA Opera President and CEO Christopher Koelsch has announced details for the company's 39th season. Music Director James Conlon will conduct three of the five mainstage productions, with other mainstage performances led by Resident Conductor Lina González-Granados and by guest conductor Domingo Hindoyan.
Soprano Hera Hyesang Park released new album, 'Breathe,' featuring operatic classics and contemporary works. Joined by mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo and the Orchestra Del Teatro Carlo Felice. Watch the new music video featuring Park freediving. Out now on Deutsche Grammophon.
Ópera, música, danza, teatro, danza folclórica, literatura y otras expresiones, a cargo de las coordinaciones y grupos artísticas del Inbal, confluirán en 2024 para celebrar el 90 Aniversario del Palacio de Bellas Artes, el máximo recinto de la cultura en México.
Opera San José’s 40th anniversary season continues with a thrilling production of Verdi’s Rigoletto. See photos from the production.
After 167 years, Giuseppe Verdi's opera Giovanna d'Arco returns to Mexico with a new production. The Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México and the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal) will present the premiere of Giovanna d'Arco at the Compañía Nacional de Ópera. The cast includes Ramón Vargas, Karen Gardeazabal, Mihai Damian, Alejandro López, and Alberto Galicia.
The three plays that make up the Inabili all Morte (Unable to Die) trilogy created to mark areas in Italy and Slovenia being awarded the European Capital of Culture 2025 have been announced.
Opera San José's 40th anniversary season continues with a thrilling production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Boasting some of opera's most memorable music, including the signature aria “La donna è mobile,” this gripping work follows the jester Rigoletto, his innocent daughter Gilda, and the corrupt Duke of Mantua whose callous treatment of women launches a storm of vengeance, murder, and tragic self-sacrifice.
The New Orleans Opera Association has sadly announced the passing of its General and Artistic Director Emeritus Robert Lyall. Maestro Lyall fought his battle of cancer from his diagnosis in April 2023 until his death on Friday, January 5, 2024.
Giuseppe Verdi has written 6 shows including La Traviata (Composer), Aida (Composer), Rigoletto (Composer), Il Trovatore (Composer), My Darlin' Aida (Source Material), Aida (Source Material).
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