The Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto ... Costume for the role of the Duke of Mantua, in the Opéra de Paris production of Verdi’s 1851 opera, Rigoletto. Photograph by DEA/Album Like any good ...

Verdi persevered in his ambitions by taking private lessons. After his studies with one Vincenzo Lavigna, from whom he acquired a thorough mastery of counter point, fugue and canon, Verdi applied for ...

MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino ... instead traveled to Paris for ceremonies marking the reopening of the Notre Dame ...

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 (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 ...