Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” for its gala season premiere Saturday for the first time in 59 years, determined to shake the opera's ...

At the age of 26, Verdi’s first opera, Oberto, premiered at Milan’s La Scala in November 1839. Despite early triumphs, Verdi’s life was overshadowed with tragedy as well. His two children ...

In a landmark event for music history, the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra will present the U.S. premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's newly rediscovered Divertissements for Nabucco on April 5, 2025, at St. Ann & ...

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

At that time, Verdi was writing the second opera “Un giorno di regno”, which ... by the Austrian censorship agency, and Nabucco premiered in Milan on March 9, 1842. We can imagine the ...

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 ...

Opera Vermont premiered “Pagliacci,” in Joshua Collier’s new version, Friday and Saturday at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. Opera Vermont will present Verdi’s “La Traviata,” directed ...

The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and Puccini revivals and ... prominence of some characters since its world premiere with a student cast at Indiana University in November.