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Ludovic Tezier shines in Verdi's dark epic ''Simon Boccanegra"

Musica meets French baritone Ludovic Tézier, the lead role in Verdi's dark drama Simon Boccanegra at the Zurich Opera House.

23/12/2021

Culture news

The Scottish Play the Italian way: La Scala season opens with Verdi

Star soprano Anna Netrebko gave her Lady Macbeth in Milan.

08/12/2021

Musica

Exuberant and minimalistic - a thrilling “Rigoletto” with tenor Benjamin Bernheim

Verdi’s vibrant masterpiece Rigoletto is currently being staged at the Liceu in Barcelona. Musica caught up with French tenor Benjamin Bernheim.

02/12/2021

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Gustavo Dudamel's blazing Otello takes Barcelona by storm

Verdi's tragic Otello is an enormous challenge for any conductor: from the rousing storm at the beginning to the quiet "Ave Maria" at the end. We delve into the craft of charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel as he inspires in Barcelona with his interpretation.

08/04/2021

Musica

Verdi’s Aida with Jonas Kaufmann keeps its magnificence whilst avoiding stereotypes

Dutch director Lotte de Beer creates a new take on Verdi’s famous opera by using puppets and by taking a critical look at Europe’s 19th-century history during colonization.

18/02/2021

Musica

Aida: unheard version receives rapturous reception at La Scala

149 years ago, Giusppe Verdi replaced the original opening to the third act of his celebrated opera, Aida and it has remained unheard. Until now. Musica reports on the rapturously-received alternative version as performed at La Scala in Milan.

15/10/2020

Musica

A Traviata for the 21st Century takes Paris by storm

A daring new staging of Verdi's legendary "La Traviata" brings the classic tale into the internet age. And it has clicked with audiences.

19/09/2019

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Sumptuous "La Traviata" charms La Scala with Plácido Domingo and Angel

Sumptuous opera "La Traviata" charms La Scala with Plácido Domingo and Angel Blue

21/03/2019

Italy

Verdi's "Attila" opens La Scala season

Triumph for Chailly and Abdrazakov as audience warms to tale of fall of Rome.

08/12/2018

Musica

Bryn Terfel stars as Falstaff at the Royal Opera House in London

"Falstaff" is a Verdi for opera buffs providing a visionary look into the next century. On the stage of the Royal Opera House in London, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel stars as the tragicomical hedonist - in a production by the Canadian Robert Carsen.

12/07/2018

Musica

Verdi's "La Forza del Destino" casts its spell on Zurich

Andreas Homoki's production of La Forza del Destino, The Force of Destiny, runs at the Zurich Opera House until the end of June

14/06/2018

Musica

Plácido Domingo and Sonya Yoncheva illuminate the Met in Verdi gem

At New York's Met Opera, experienced tenor Plácido Domingo offers a stunning performance in "Luisa Miller" by Verdi, alongside his wonderful prodigy Sonya Yoncheva.

19/04/2018

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Kaufmann and Yoncheva star in Verdi's 'Don Carlos'

Jonas Kaufmann and Sonya Yoncheva open the season at Paris' Opéra Bastille with Verdi's 'Don Carlos', in French!

02/11/2017

Musica

Verdi's Masked Ball is a timeless classic

A three act tragedy sprinkled with comedy, Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera – or masked ball – is one of the Italian composer’s most acclaimed masterpieces.

19/10/2017

Musica

Iran shines in Ravenna under Riccardo Muti

It was a historic event that conductor Riccardo Muti offered the public at the Ravenna Festival this year: marking the 20th edition of his Roads of Friendship project, he brought together on stage mus

27/07/2017

Musica

Jonas Kaufmann is Otello in Covent Garden

For the first time in thirty years London's Covent Garden opera house is putting on Verdi's Otello - and he's still white.

29/06/2017