He was so determined in making his tenth opera a smash that he told his librettist, Francesco Piave, to write something ...

They say you have to be crazy to start an opera company,’’ Judy Lisi quipped over lunch. “But we did it.’’ Crazy or not, Lisi ...

Tri-Cities Opera will close its 2025–2026 season with a single performance of La Traviata on Saturday, April 18 at 3 p.m. at ...

Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth. Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe ...

Opera San José will present La Traviata to close its 2025–26 season. The production will run at the California Theatre in San ...

Only in L.A.: Giuseppe Verdi’s 1844 opera “The Two Foscari” meets the CBS game show “The Price Is Right. “ On a recent day backstage at CBS Television City, one wall was dominated by a painting of ...

La traviata or The Fallen Woman is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a play by Alexandre Dumas ...

Welcome to Opera Abbreviated, your very own series of podcasts designed to give you a pithy sense of the operas being presented by the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series. A new production of ...

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text by Antonio Somma was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave ...

Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe Verdi gather in New York to celebrate him and his operas, like "La Traviata," "Aida" and "Otello." The latest gathering was Friday, marking 212 ...