Scratching their heads, they tell him that if he is not Milanese, he must be foreign, to which he replies, “I am Italian ... The Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto, the composer’s hometown ...

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas. Verdi was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a ...

For his 10th opera, Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi adapted Shakespeare’s epic tragedy “Macbeth” to produce an equally stormy drama, replete with political power grabs, paranoia, witches and ...

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English!) was an Italian composer who dominated the Italian opera scene in the late 19th Century. Verdi's first opera – 'Oberto', written in 1839 – was a big ...

Giuseppe Verdi pulled his opera ‘Stiffelio’ after its premiere because of censorship. It took more than 100 years before it returned to the stage.

Giuseppe Verdi, one of the greatest musicians in history and a symbol of Italian unification, tried to give up music when he composed Nabuco, an opera that consecrated him as an artist and turned ...

Otello, the Italian operatic adaptation by composer Giuseppe Verdi and librettist Arrigo Boito of the great Shakespearian play, Othello, will be revived at Tel Aviv’s Israeli Opera next month ...

In this interview with SBS Italian, Gianluca Falaschi explains how he created the costumes for Giuseppe Verdi's Attila, currently staged by Opera Australia in a co-production with La Scala in Milan.

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English!) was an Italian composer who dominated the Italian opera scene in the late 19th Century. Verdi's first opera – 'Oberto', written in 1839 – was a big ...

The great Italian opera composer recalls his eventful life on his deathbed: his childhood in Busseto, his studies in Milan, his first opera "Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio", the death of his wife ...