Nov 7th, 2008 · Verdi's tightly wound masterpiece swirls heartfelt sentiment together with appalling violence and genuine tragedy, along with some of the most familiar tunes he ever composed. From the Washington National Opera.
Aug 1st, 2008 · Verdi might have been close to 80 when he composed Falstaff, but with music that sparkles at a breakneck pace, he proved he had not lost his golden touch. Bryn Terfel stars in the title role in a Welsh National Opera production.
Jul 11th, 2008 · The beauty and history of Venice play a starring role in Verdi's opera. It's a drama the composer admitted was "gloomy," yet it still contains some of his most vivid and stirring music. The performance is from the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Jun 27th, 2008 · Verdi's romantic hit got a tepid reception at its first performance, in 1853, but it's now one of the most popular operas of all time — and has even starred in a couple of Hollywood blockbusters.
Jun 6th, 2008 · There are plenty of operas in which the main characters sing their final words with their last breaths. In this one, nearly everyone on stage kicks the operatic bucket as the curtain falls. Placido Domingo leads a production from Washington, D.C.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Nabucco, Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, was his first, unqualified hit. It features an emotional chorus so closely linked to Verdi that it was spontaneously performed by the immense crowd at Verdi's funeral, some 60 years after the opera was written.
Apr 11th, 2008 · In Verdi's The Force of Destiny, the inevitability of fate inspires great music, a complex but compelling story, and a controversial production from Vienna, complete with gun toting cowgirls.
Aug 31st, 2007 · Verdi's Macbeth is one of the rarest things in opera: A successful opera based on Shakespeare. Lado Atanelli and Paoletta Marrocu star in a production from the Washington National Opera.