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 ...

Opera Columbus puts a twist on 'La traviata' in this collaboration with CAPA and the Columbus Symphony.

Set against a backdrop of 1930s Italy and featuring a sinister carnival atmosphere, this production follows the tragic story of Rigoletto, the unfortunate, sycophant clown to the licentious Duke of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The NJ Association of Verismo Opera is returning to the mainstage of Stockton University's Performing Arts Center for another Italian libretto at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6. Rigoletto is a three-act ...

No literary figure inspired composers more than Shakespeare, and Giuseppe Verdi was hardly tone deaf to the musical ...

PARMA, Italy — The Festival Verdi Parma has led a sleepy existence here for most of its 18 years. But now it demands attention. Where else in four days can you see four Verdi operas so rare the most ...

‘Scilla Cristiano is one of the best lyric sopranos in the world,” says Joshua Collier, artistic director of Opera Vermont. “I’ve heard so many lyric sopranos, household names that appear on big ...

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 ...