Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Sarasota Opera sings music of Verdi in fall concert program

In his role as artistic director of the Sarasota Opera, Victor DeRenzi has conducted just about every note of music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. By the completion of the company’s 28-year Verdi Cycle ...
BroadwayWorld

The Verdi Chorus' 40th Anniversary Season Continues With Its Landmark Fall 2023 Concert 40!

The Verdi Chorus' 40th Anniversary season continues with its landmark Fall 2023 Concert 40! for two performances only at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica on November 18 and 19. Led by ...

Opera Tampa performs Macbeth: a case study in moral collapse | Column

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

Verdi's UN BALLO IN MASCHERA to be Presented by Guild Opera Company in Canoga Park

Guild Opera Company will present Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at River of the Valley in Canoga Park, with Felipe Prado, Emma ...

Opera Tampa celebrates what seemed impossible 30 years ago | Column

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 presents Verdi La Traviata

A classic tale that’s been the inspiration for musicals and films is completing Tri-Cities Opera’s current season on April ...
NPR

'Verdi Choruses' showcases the impressive variety of a master's choral music

Verdi imagined each of his operas painted with a different tincture. Conductor Riccardo Chailly puts together an exciting new album of Verdi's choruses, from his best known to his most obscure. This ...

Opera in the Pines takes its audience to ‘A Masked Ball’ for its 5th anniversary production

Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) probably never visited the nation of Poland. But, next best thing, one of his ...
NPR

To celebrate opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, fans gather at his statue in New York City

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 ...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Sarasota Opera digs into a love torn apart in Verdi’s ‘Luisa Miller’

Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi is certainly one of the world’s experts on the works of composer Giuseppe Verdi. He is, after all, the only person to have conducted every work that ...
Buffalo Rising

Passions ignite on stage at Rockwell in Verdi’s opera, UN BALLO IN MASCHERA presented by Buffalo Opera Unlimited

THE BASICS: Verdi’s opera A MASKED BALL (UN BALLO IN MASCHERA), sung in Italian with supertitles, produced by Buffalo Opera Unlimited, will be on stage this Friday, December 2nd at 7:30 and Sunday, ...
The New York Times

Giuseppe Verdi

Our critic tracked one concert, from its first rehearsals to its first performance. Practice is only part of what makes this ensemble excellent. By David Allen The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres ...