Comparisons are often drawn between Puccini and Johann Sebastian Bach. Like the great German composer, the Italian opera ...

Rigoletto has undergone radical transformations in the past, including the English National Opera’s mafioso-style version in ...

Early operas tell the story of Greek drama and were sung in Italian. Italian dominated the musical form until the 18th Century. By this time composers across Europe, such as Henry Purcell ...

Chopin is also among the outstanding composer-performers from this time. In the world of opera, cue the entrance of Verdi in the middle of the Romantic era. He turned Italian opera on its head by ...

Opera scholar Susan Rutherford traces Verdi's journey from composer to 'opera director. Susan and Andreas Giger at the La Scala Theatre Museum with a bust of Francesco Tamagno Homepage ...

featuring great Italian opera composers such as Pucccini, Rossini, Verdi and more. According to this year's Event Chair Carol Markley, "Pasta & Puccini has always been a fun, affordable event for ...

The State Conservatory of Music 'Nicola Sala' of Benevento, on April 11 and 12, 2025, brings the Italian Opera UNESCO's ...