Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata - the fallen woman- is a compelling tale of love, intrigue, money and power in 19th century France. La traviata tells the heart wrenching story of courtesan Violetta ...

Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

The 2016-17 Utah Opera season opens in October 2016 with Bizet's "Carmen," which was last performed on the Utah Opera stage in January 2010 and is considered one of the most popular and frequently ...

Brenda Rae and James Morris in William Kentridge's ENO production of Berg's 'Lulu' For the first time, Garsington’s new productions outshone Glyndebourne’s (though see below for an extra-seasonal ...

Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. The opera ...

April 8 11 a.m. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" Nina Stemme, Stuart Skelton, Ekaterina Gubanova, René Pape April 15 10:30 a.m. Verdi's "Aida" Liudmyla Monastyrska, Latonia Moore, Krassimira Stoyanova, ...

Cincinnati Opera’s 2017 Summer Festival will include two grand operas: “La Boheme” conducted by Louis Langrée in his company debut, and a whimsical production of “The Magic Flute” on the Procter & ...

Soprano Nadia Aguilar Regalado of Hartford and Torreón, Mexico and has been judged the “American Opera Idol 2016.” Opera Connecticut’s live competition for opera singers between ages 14 to 54 took ...

Late in life, working at the height of his powers, Giuseppe Verdi turned to Shakespeare for inspiration. With the assistance of librettist Arrigo Boito, the composer created a pair of consecutive ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — What's the difference between an opera and a musical? Theories abound. Some say opera is through-sung while musicals include spoken dialogue (although there are many operas with ...