| 单词 | Verdi |
| 例句 | That is not to say that some classical musicians did not attain fame and success, but these were mostly singers, conductors and virtuoso players, making their names with Verdi, Mahler, Mozart or Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z She sang an aria from Verdi’s opera Don Carlo along with four spirituals. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “Then maybe we should call the baby Verdi,” Donald muses, just as the opera surges to its closing bars, and the tape ends with a click. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For his part, Verdi spoke nothing but praise about his acid- tongued contemporary, writing that Tristan und Isolde was ‘one of the finest creations that has ever issued from a human mind’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Tchaikovsky wasn’t the first heavyweight Russian composer who wrote in the mainstream international idiom, the same milieu as Beethoven, Berlioz, Verdi or Brahms. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To death and destiny Verdi had now added sex. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I have medicine from Dr. Verdi,” he says, holding up a small vial. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She hummed what she recalled of Verdi and bumped her elbow on an old pie tin pretending it was a tambourine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And Verdi understood that opera was at its most powerful when attempting to impart universal truths through emotionally engaging morality fables. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Thanks to this, Verdi became a political as well as a cultural icon. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z These were the songs by European classical composers like Giuseppe Verdi and Franz Schubert that she had heard Roland Hayes sing in church, and that she now began to learn. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The death of Violetta was meant to strike shame into Verdi’s audiences’ hearts, as it did the meddling father of her lover in the final scene. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Politely, Powell holds up the medicine vial and swears that Dr. Verdi told him to deliver it to William Seward and William Seward only. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is even more remarkable in Verdi’s case, since his was the field of musical theatre, so transformed, or so it was claimed, by the Bayreuth ‘revolution’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Verdi is telling the tenor to take expressive freedom. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z Bach, naturally, is the backbone of this festival, where the great Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach's B minor Mass, Verdi's Requiem and Mendelssohn's "Elijah." Summer Stages: Classical 2010-05-07T21:59:00Z A jacket photograph for the disk release shows a bearded Wainwright dressed to suggest a famous portrait of Verdi, with his husband, the arts administrator Jörn Weisbrodt, attired like a dashing young Puccini. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Voigt is one of the world’s great interpreters of the weighty and refined operatic roles of Wagner, Strauss and Verdi. Deborah Voigt, Meet Ethel Merman 2010-07-22T19:27:00Z There are big holes in his concept, starting with the rather important character of Rigoletto, Verdi’s hunchbacked, pitiable and tormented court jester, sung here by the admirable Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z The years that Ms. Netrebko spent singing bel canto heroines paid off here in the skillful way she dispatched the trills and runs that Verdi folds into the vocal lines. In the Met’s ‘Macbeth,’ Anna Netrebko as the Scheming Wife 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Luisi’s other major assignment for the period was leading a Verdi Requiem at the San Francisco Symphony from Oct. Levine?s Injury Causes Headaches Around the Musical World 2011-09-21T12:00:22Z Various versions of Iago’s famous “Credo” suggest that it was pondered “arduously,” she said, while “Falstaff” fans will be intrigued by drafts Verdi discarded, like the first version of the opera’s fugue finale. 5,000 Pages of Verdi’s Drafts, Long Hidden, Will Be Made Public 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Verdi was pushing 80 when he finished his final masterpiece, “Falstaff.” Music Review: Elliott Carter Celebrates 103rd Birthday at 92nd Street Y - Review 2011-12-10T00:36:32Z He was speaking by phone from Philadelphia, having just returned from New York and opening night of the revival of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” at the Metropolitan Opera. Yannick, unique: Philadelphia Orchestra hopes it’s found its savior. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Originally a mezzo soprano, she drew acclaim for her roles in the works of such opera giants as Verdi and Wagner. Opera star Connell dies aged 65 2012-02-21T08:47:13Z The singer discovered opera as a teenager through a recording of Plácido Domingo in the title role in Verdi’s “Otello.” An American Tenor Is ‘at Home Everywhere’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z But it was a foregone conclusion that Verdi would be central to current musical celebrations of the anniversary of Italian unification. In Italy, Even Verdi Has His Say 2011-03-22T13:00:07Z But Verdi, writing to another friend the following year, was resolute. The Secret of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ and ‘Falstaff’? His Publisher 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Yet freed from the shackles of a European setting, Verdi was also able to go to emotional and political extremes. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z Forster and Verdi became case studies of artists who participated in and normalized the idea of the uncivilized and inferior “East.” Review | ‘Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said’ explores the full spectrum of sources that shaped the scholar’s ideas 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z But as soon as Muti, with a flick of his baton, summoned the thunderous opening chords of the storm music that begins Giuseppe Verdi's "Otello," any lingering concerns about his physical condition vanished. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z Mr. Kaufmann’s voice has evolved in typical ways: youthful lightness, suitable for Mozart, giving way to depth more fitting for Verdi and Wagner. After 4 Years, Jonas Kaufmann Returns to the Met Opera 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z But hearing “Don Carlos” performed in French reveals the care with which Verdi matched his music to the words. Music Review: ‘Don Carlos,’ in Its Original Tongue, Reveals Intricacies 2013-07-21T22:00:53Z "Maria" is a fascinating transitional work that bridges the restraints of the heavily ornamented bel canto style and the headlong romanticism that would become the hallmark of Giuseppe Verdi. Caramoor festival scores with Donizetti rarity 2010-07-25T18:16:00Z This adaptation, set in contemporary times, opened with Part 2 of Verdi’s work, which the composer subtitled “The Gypsy.” Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Verdi wrote “Don Carlos,” based on the play about the intersecting private and public passions at the court of Philip II of Spain by Friedrich Schiller, for the Paris Opera in 1867. Music Review: ‘Don Carlos,’ in Its Original Tongue, Reveals Intricacies 2013-07-21T22:00:53Z Still, he has been a major attraction, drawing 100,000 people in October to the orchestra’s performance of Verdi’s Requiem through live simulcast and Internet streaming. Chicago Symphony Chief to Run Kennedy Center 2013-12-10T18:15:10Z Saturday brings Verdi’s “Macbeth,” featuring Eric Owens in the title role for the first time and Melody Moore as his Lady, with Joseph Colaneri conducting and Anne Bogart directing. Classical & Opera Listings for July 10-16 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The same year he appeared there, also with Karajan, in the Verdi Requiem. Cesare Siepi 2010-07-06T16:49:00Z One of those goals will be realized on Thursday night when the Belgrade Philharmonic wraps up the first American tour in its 91-year history with a concert of Tchaikovsky, Verdi and Sibelius at Carnegie Hall. Belgrade Philharmonic Is Touring To Help Fund a New Home 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z This distinguishes her Verdi and Puccini singing from the typical throbbing Italianate approach. Review: Anna Netrebko Makes ‘Aida’ Her Own at the Met Opera 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Still, at a moment when Mr. Kaufmann has been taking on demanding dramatic tenor roles like Verdi’s Otello — and even testing the waters of Wagner’s Tristan — his singing seemed a little underpowered. Review: Jonas Kaufmann, Back at the Met, Is Good, Not Great 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z An hour later, after stirring renditions of Verdi and Donizetti classics, Giordani announced that the audience was in for a special treat. Portrait of a young singer on the cusp of stardom 2011-05-28T22:31:06Z He would also appear to prefer Verdi's music. Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review 2013-02-19T12:10:12Z This won't tell you about Handel's aria form or Verdi's orchestrational technique but it will provide you with the best-ever context for the way both those composers' music was received in their own time. Howard Goodall's top 10 music books 2013-02-06T13:47:13Z The American bass-baritone Christian Van Horn made his company debut in December as Pistola in the wonderful new production of Verdi’s “Falstaff.” Opera Review: Zeffirelli’s ‘La Bohème’ Staging Still Elicits Sighs and Awe 2014-01-15T22:43:27Z He said that Verdi was his idol and that “Otello” was Verdi’s greatest opera, even though he himself preferred “Don Carlo.” 2010-01-20T06:55:00Z “I’m definitely a Verdi baritone,” Kelsey said in an interview last weekend at his home here. Hawaiian Baritone Making His Mark in Verdi 2013-11-25T16:28:51Z But the work’s ambition is par for the course for the young Opera Philadelphia, whose season also includes a setting of Verdi’s “Macbeth” in war-torn Africa and Rossini’s “Tancredi,” starring the redoubtable Stephanie Blythe. Classical Music to Come: A Finnish Star, Minimalism and Wagner 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Verdi and Wagner, Schweitzer reminds us, “both born in 1813, have been pitted against each other in posterity like boxers vying for a trophy of aesthetic dominance.” How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z On Monday, the Metropolitan Opera opened its season with a new production of Verdi’s “Otello.” Classical Music This Week: The Met’s ‘Otello,’ San Francisco Opera and Rameau 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z “I just thought of putting myself in the head of Puccini, Verdi, Bellini. It’s very different from ‘Intimate Apparel,’ which is very American.” One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s almost as much like the tragedies of ancient Greece as it is like Shakespeare, or perhaps grand opera, even though the characters belong to another social stratum, altogether, from the usual aristocrats of Verdi. What August Wilson Means Now 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Hedge funders are supposed to be yodeling Tarzans, not fragile consumptives in a Verdi opera. Review: ‘Black Edge,’ an Account of a Hedge Fund Magnate and Insider Trading 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The one thing that the greatest Italian Verdi conductors, from Toscanini to Riccardo Muti, have in common is the attention to detail, and that is a tradition that Matheuz has worthily embraced. Substitutes shine in 'Traviata' at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Dotto said his task is to decide what cuts were made at Verdi’s behest and which “were imposed instead for completely pragmatic reasons?” Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z More will emerge of Mr. Litton the dance conductor when he tackles Bizet, Verdi, Tchaikovsky and Hindemith later this week. Review: New York City Ballet’s Winter Season Blends Movement and Music 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Though he sang a little cautiously, Mr. Peake has the tenor goods, and he brought a warm, ringing and expressive voice to arias from Verdi’s “Macbeth” and Meyerbeer’s “Africaine.” Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z He had never performed this popular Verdi opera when he accepted the engagement to conduct it at the Met. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z Nézet-Séguin leads the Met premiere of the original French version of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” in a five-hour performance on Monday night. Munich may fire Russian conductor Gergiev over Ukraine 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The final performance of Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Salzburg Festival is on Wednesday; salzburgerfestspiele.at. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z And let’s start with the dynamic duo of 19th century opera, Verdi and Wagner. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Hailing Opera's Shakespeare, and Its Proust 2011-01-17T12:00:40Z "The current building gave a great chance to shine to young Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, as well as to Wagner, Verdi and Berlioz," he said. Mariinsky celebrates 150 years, looks to future 2010-09-17T02:16:00Z Audiences soon returned inside the theater to hear him lead a nationally telecast performance of Verdi’s Requiem, for the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is New York’s Conductor Now 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z That he is returning for the new production of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” next season is a good sign. Fraught Seasons at Met and City Opera 2010-05-08T21:35:00Z Chang took three prizes Saturday, including the first-place award for male singer for his performance of an aria from Verdi's "Rigoletto." Placido Domingo says Operalia prizes 'went to the right people' 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Before the Met performed Verdi’s “Don Carlos” on Monday evening, the company performed the Ukrainian national anthem. Valery Gergiev, a Putin Ally, Fired as Chief Conductor in Munich 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z In the Verdi, the violins in the serene, radiant opening prelude were impeccable. BBC Proms 1 to 7 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z Verdi wanted the audience to recognize itself onstage. An 18th-Century Opera, Supercharged for Our Time 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Verdi set his opera in 15th-century Spain; this production updates the action to the First World War, and features a chorus wearing gas masks. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z And some of the productions that made strong artistic statements were the most radical ones, like Willy Decker’s surreal staging of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” scheduled to return in December. Let’s Talk About Risk at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Over the protests of purists who pointed out that Verdi composed and revised “Don Carlo” entirely in French, the opera was sung in Italian. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z She starred in the Met premiere of Verdi’s “I Lombardi” in 1993, a run she points to as perhaps the start of her troubles. Can the Diva Who Once Ruled the Met Make a Comeback? 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z In 1950, he worked in lyric theater as a director, set designer and costumist, bringing new life to works by his favorites: Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi. “Romeo and Juliet” director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z After kicking off with Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony last week, the ' Choral Sundays series turned to familiar territory for its second concert with Verdi's Requiem. Prom 13: Verdi Requiem - review 2011-07-25T10:04:41Z The tessitura of the part, which sits on the high side for Verdi baritone roles, well suited Mr. Hvorostovsky, who shaped floating phrases with mellifluous, honeyed sound. Music Review: Angela Meade in ?Ernani? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-04T00:43:41Z With Mr. Hill based in Washington and Mr. Chioldi about to take a gig as Ford in Verdi’s “Falstaff” with the Utah Opera in Salt Lake City, the logistics were decidedly complicated. At the Opera, a Losing Battle Against Romance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Verdi’s “La traviata” is one of the most popular operas of all time, filled with all the vital ingredients of a classic: beautiful arias, a romantic story line, a doomed heroine and a passionate hero. At Seattle Opera, a much different look at ‘La traviata’’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z The ensemble quickly went on to bigger, if not necessarily better, things on a tour of France, performing Verdi’s Requiem in Paris and Strasbourg. ArtsBeat: On Music and Medicine: A Performance by L'Ensemble M?dical 2011-02-17T17:30:07Z Ms. Voigt, a heralded interpreter of Wagner, Verdi and Strauss heroines, is appearing as the backwoods sharpshooter of the title in Irving Berlin’s “Annie Get Your Gun,” which opens Saturday. Opera Star Tries Doin? What Comes Natur?lly 2011-07-14T22:16:30Z Her sensual, even elemental presence makes her particularly ideal for the daunting mezzo roles that anchor some of Verdi’s most important operas. A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Levine’s next test will come early next month, when he is to begin rehearsals of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Met. Amid Tension, Met and James Levine Mull Last Bow 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z It wasn’t so long ago this season — just January — that the Metropolitan Opera’s programming was about as classic as it gets: tried-and-true works by Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. Review: The Met’s ‘Akhnaten’ Takes a Post-Grammys Victory Lap 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z After reveling in Wagner and Verdi, he plans to fly back next year -- for Rossini's "William Tell". Opera lovers fly long distance to hear Royal Opera sing 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z There’s something about Ferrari DNA that communicates a longing — for me that translates to wondering about the engine note that’s rumored to be as dramatic as a Verdi opera on the race track. 2013 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta : Precious Metal 2012-08-24T18:33:10Z The only principals we meet there are Carlo and Elisabeth, whose lost paradise Verdi takes care to evoke later on, sometimes in a single fragrant phrase, sometimes more expansively. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z In Verdi's and Wagner's solitary comedies, though, the situation is more complex. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z Coming up next year are Wagner, Mozart, Brahms, Strauss and Verdi: more standards. Critic’s Notebook: Andris Nelson Is Latest of Orchestras’ Young Leaders 2013-05-19T21:50:33Z Verdi does not really reconcile these contrasting styles. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z For Verdi such expressions of sartorial synergy are more than a reflection of his personal taste. True Colors 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z The three or four-hour operatic scenarios are less approachable to an audience used to those punchier, later Italians, Verdi and Puccini. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z Verdi composed the work for the Paris opera in 1867 and fiddled with it for 20 years. The Met's Don Carlo: Verdi's Masterpiece, for Everyone 2010-12-10T21:50:00Z The Met announced on Thursday that Mr. Nézet-Séguin will open the season on Sept. 21 with the company’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in more than three decades, starring Anna Netrebko. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The diet he prescribed was heavy on Schubert and, of course, opera, particularly his beloved Verdi, prepared with unsparing attention to detail. For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z As in Verdi’s “Otello” at the Met in 2012, she paced herself cannily, ending the evening with only a slight hiccup obscuring the final floated high note. A ‘Rusalka’ Shows Two Sides at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-01-24T10:13:05Z After two months of seemingly nonstop music festivals, Prague is gearing up for the summer’s grand finale: the State Opera House’s wildly popular Verdi Festival, which opens on Aug. 18. In Transit Blog: Prague Music Festival Season Continues With Verdi and More 2011-08-12T10:00:12Z Verdi saved his solitary horn calls for the last scene of Falstaff, but the echoes, ghostly echoes, are nevertheless there. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z When Anna Netrebko first took on Verdi’s murderously ambitious Lady Macbeth a few years ago, critics declared it one of her greatest roles. The Met Opera’s New Season: What Our Critics Want to See 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The county supervisor appeared in the second act of the Verdi opera as a supernumerary, or extra, in a lavish party scene. Zev Yaroslavsky makes cameo appearance in 'La Traviata' at L.A. Opera 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Carsen sees Verdi’s bustling comic opera as overcast with melancholy. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z This winter, the Met is giving its first performances of Verdi’s original “Don Carlos,” in five acts and in French. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z As originally conceived, Verdi’s Duke is a licentious ruler attended to by crude courtiers who procure him women and envy his power. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z She went on to perform 199 times at the Metropolitan Opera, performing all the major Verdi roles, as well as roles from Mozart, Puccini and others. Joel, Santana to receive Kennedy Center Honors 2013-09-12T16:31:51Z To be back inside the Met; to be lifted by the dedication of superb artists; to be hearing Verdi’s great music performed, as it was on this memorable occasion, with beauty and intensity. Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Cabell’s honeyed soprano proved better suited to Bellini’s rich melodies than to even middle-period Verdi, and she and Lindsey were well scaled to each other, although she sometimes seemed a touch mannered in comparison. Lindsey, Portillo shine in Washington Concert Opera’s “I Capuleti e i Montecchi” Again, Wagner and Verdi might be drawn together here, as Falstaff, like Die Meistersinger, constantly looks back nostalgically into the musical past. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z Though Verdi’s Falstaff clings to the trappings of aristocracy, he is a deluded, debt-ridden and comically pathetic character. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z A recurring, queasy slow-motion trill recalls the technique Verdi used to convey the creepy reveries of “Macbeth.” Review: ‘Angels in America,’ Carved to the Bone and Into an Opera 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z David Frost’s nomination for best classical producer included his work on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus’ recording of Verdi’s “Othello,” conducted by Riccardo Muti. Jay Z, Macklemore & Lewis lead Grammy nominations 2013-12-07T04:30:00Z But, as Davis noted, "no Verdi or Puccini at all!" Lyric Opera staging 2 epics in 1 season 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z It's there in what Verdi wrote – and no one ever accused Verdi of lacking a sense of drama. In praise of ? David McVicar 2010-04-28T23:05:00Z Netrebko seems on the verge of becoming one of the great dramatic Verdi sopranos of our time, but she displayed none of that. Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov raise roof in power operatic performance at the Broad Stage 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z ‘DON CARLO’ After a landmark Met premiere of the original five-act French version of Verdi’s grand opera last season, the company reverts to its long tradition of performing it truncated and in Italian. Classical Music and Opera This Fall: 59 Programs, Premieres and More 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z This is a big price to pay to lend a traditionally romantic Verdi aria a modern psychological twist. Opera Review: A Modern ?Traviata,? Where Time Keeps Ticking 2011-01-02T17:15:26Z But Mr. Domingo’s next appearances, in a concert version of Verdi’s “Luisa Miller,” on Aug. 25 and 31 at the Salzburg Festival in Austria, are going on as scheduled. Accusations Against Plácido Domingo Divide the Opera World 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Designed by Christopher Oram in a style that brings to mind the Metropolitan Opera at its most traditional, this production accords “Evita” the kind of respect usually reserved for Verdi and Wagner. Theater Review: ?Evita,? Starring Elena Roger, at the Marquis Theater 2012-04-06T02:00:09Z But Massenet's Manon is an even more ambitious proposition than the Verdi. Anna Netrebko: 'I can make Manon ... bad' 2010-06-17T21:10:00Z For decades, she divided her time between New York, Venice and Busseto, the town in the Emilia-Romagna region where Verdi had lived. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Biographer of Verdi and Puccini, Dies at 86 2013-01-27T03:13:09Z The evening before the Philharmonic rehearsal, Mr. Eotvos had attended a performance of Verdi’s “Ernani” across the Lincoln Center Plaza at the Metropolitan Opera. Peter Eotvos Prepares the Opera ‘Senza Sangue’ 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Another operatic duet for lovers aware that they will soon perish occurs in Verdi’s “Aida,” when the Ethiopian princess Aida elects to share the fate of her lover, the condemned Egyptian warrior Radames. Review: 'Elegy for Young Lovers' Gets Strong Staging at English National Opera 2010-05-04T11:30:00Z The new production by Tim Albery that opened the Canadian Opera Company's season Saturday afternoon isn't set in ancient Egypt as Verdi and his librettists intended. Radvanovksy triumphs in Toronto "Aida" 2010-10-03T15:31:00Z No Proms season would be complete without its centenaries too – Wagner, 200 years old this year, is being sumptuously served this summer but Verdi, his fellow operatic bicentenarian gets unaccountably shorter shrift. First night of the Proms 2013-07-13T00:25:10Z But there were a few prerecorded offerings, and the most moving one featured members of the chorus and orchestra in an elegant account of “Va, pensiero,” from Verdi’s “Nabucco.” Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “The Verdi Festival is very popular because of the time it takes place,” she added. In Transit Blog: Prague Music Festival Season Continues With Verdi and More 2011-08-12T10:00:12Z Puccini and Verdi meet lasers and fireworks in this special FX-ladened classical, er, spectacular. This week's new events 2013-03-15T17:27:46Z The Serbian baritone Zeljko Lucic, currently appearing at the Metropolitan Opera in an acclaimed revival of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” joined his countrymen on this night for two Verdi arias. Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z When “Aida” — yet more Verdi — opened in the beginning of December, it was one of the season’s shakier efforts, with Latonia Moore struggling in the title role. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will conclude its season with the Verdi Requiem on Friday through Sunday; see bsomusic.org. Desperately seeking relevance, orchestras grapple with existential questions 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z With his guidance, she began to specialise in the Italian bel canto repertoire, especially Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi roles such as Violetta in La Traviata. Joan Sutherland, celebrated opera singer, dies aged 83 2010-10-11T17:27:00Z It’s not that West’s self-declared opera needed to sound like Verdi, but it did need to offer some persuasive connection between music and theater. Kanye West Is Operatic. His Opera Isn’t. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Fired up, I got myself a job as an assistant director for Holland Park's open-air production of Verdi's Il Trovatore. Mark Ravenhill's debut opera goes for the gut 2010-08-04T20:45:00Z For Verdi aficionados, the trunk — made in Chicago by Marshall Field & Company at the end of the 19th century — became a sort of Holy Grail. 5,000 Pages of Verdi’s Drafts, Long Hidden, Will Be Made Public 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Konwitschny gets to the heart of the drama and makes it very clear and relatable to the audience — which is what Verdi intended.” New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z She appeared in a variety of operas but was most closely associated with those by Italian composers Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi. Italian-born soprano Licia Albanese dies in New York at 105 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z Nabucco Plácido Domingo stars in LA Opera’s staging of Verdi’s epic inspired by the story of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar; in Italian with English supertitles. The week ahead in L.A. classical music, Oct. 29-Nov. 5: Moscow State Symphony Orchestra and more 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z This week she will appear in Atlanta leading a program of Verdi, Tchaikovsky and the American composer Missy Mazzoli. A Female Conductor Joins the Ranks of Top U.S. Orchestras 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z This was an extroverted Verdi Requiem, well-matched with the bright forward sound of the Master Chorale. L.A. Master Chorale delivers a mighty, thrilling Verdi Requiem 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z In case you missed it in August, this 1991 Metropolitan Opera performance of Verdi’s dark tale of love, betrayal, friendship and regicide returns to the company’s series of nightly streams from its archives. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in January 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Still, he represented her without incident for about a year, until 2005, when she starred in a production of Verdi’s “La Traviata” at Opera Carolina in Charlotte. Assaults in dressing rooms. Groping during lessons. Classical musicians reveal a profession rife with harassment. 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Philharmonic's annual concert opera performance at the Hollywood Bowl, Verdi's "La Traviata" Sunday night, had two newsworthy changes. Substitutes shine in 'Traviata' at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Annilese Miskimmon's production of Falstaff for Opera Holland Park updates Verdi's comedy to the years immediately after the first world war, opening not in a pub but a convalescent home for wounded soldiers. Falstaff – review 2012-07-23T16:35:38Z After I finish here, I do Verdi’s “Macbeth.” A Word With: Robert Wilson and Sheryl Sutton: Robert Wilson’s ‘Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter’ 2013-01-22T23:00:01Z But one of the most difficult roles is Otello, because of the singing and acting, the dramatic piece of Verdi combined with Shakespearean drama. Placido Domingo says in good health after surgery 2010-05-18T14:33:00Z Facing her execution, Mary confesses her sins to Talbot, then, surrounded by faithful servants, leads a noble, prayerful chorus as good as anything in Verdi. Music Review: ‘Maria Stuarda’ at the Metropolitan, With Joyce DiDonato 2013-01-02T00:03:57Z But I wasn’t sure how well the collage treatment would do by either Verdi or Shakespeare. Review | Art, exposed: In Series strips away convention, and hits a nerve 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z He would, however, like to conduct Verdi’s “La Traviata” — but only with the right team, because he sees it as “a Chekhov play with music.” A New Era Takes Shape at the World’s Opera Capital 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z That observation hints at the kind of Verdi singing Mr. Muti expects: true to the letter, but also deeply into the spirit of the character being portrayed. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z “She understood me immediately,” he said of their first collaboration, on Verdi’s Requiem last year, pinpointing a single technical element in that work as key to her magic. A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z On Friday night Mr. Decker’s sleekly modern, surreal production of Verdi’s “Traviata” will return after its smash premiere last season. Critic?s Notebook: Peter Gelb on Wagner?s ?Ring? Cycle at Met Opera 2012-04-03T18:45:55Z For the first 80 or so years of its life, Verdi’s “Don Carlos” was a problem opera on the margins of the repertory. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Molly Smith, who directs this one-act, 100-minute show with a welcome briskness, seasons the proceedings with selections from Mozart, Donizetti and Verdi works, a nod to the justice’s well-known love of opera. Review: ‘The Originalist,’ About Scalia, Opens in Washington 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The star of that evening’s “La Traviata” performance at the same venue was unwell — could Ms. Bakanova step in and sing the title role of Violetta in Verdi’s opera five hours later? Ekaterina Bakanova, an Opera Sensation Also Touched by Luck 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z They reminded me of so many friends and relatives, and for that were more touching than, say, the protagonist of a Schubert song cycle or a Verdi tragedy. Review: ‘The Mutes’ Gives Voice to Musical Outsiders 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z The Chelsea Opera Group's Verdi bicentenary tribute was a concert performance of Alzira, among the least frequently heard and most severely criticised of his operas. Alzira – review 2013-06-04T17:20:40Z The comparison to the Verdi is one reason Rossini’s “Otello” is so rarely performed. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z “The Enchanted Island” offers an ingenious solution to the Met’s “Baroque problem”: How can a yawning, 3,800-seat arena designed for Wagner and Verdi hospitably host grandly conceived but intimately scaled Baroque opera? ?The Enchanted Island,? a Baroque Mash-Up at the Met 2011-12-22T15:38:19Z Nowadays, instead of gladiator watchers from all over the Roman Empire, opera lovers line the stone benches during the summer to see performances like Verdi’s “Aida.” 36 Hours in Verona, Italy 2013-06-07T18:48:09Z Lilliet Berne, legendary soprano, is approached by the emissary of an unknown composer, a protégé of Verdi, with an offer to originate the leading role in his opera. Alexander Chee's 'The Queen of the Night' is an operatic novel of opera 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z With performances of seven of his operas, Wagner comfortably outpoints Verdi in this year's Proms. The best classical concerts and operas for summer 2013 2013-05-26T18:30:01Z Instead, almost immediately after his hospitalization, he flew to Italy to begin preparing for the Verdi opera performances tied to Italy's celebration this month of 150 years of national unity, she said. Rare encore: Muti conducts audience 2011-03-13T11:38:10Z As he has explained in interviews, Mr. Carsen thinks Verdi’s great comic opera is overcast with melancholy. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z In the first movement, the undulating chromatic scale that winds its way from the development section into the recap was like a serpent from hell, and the coda invoked Verdi at his darkest. Pianist András Schiff is note-perfect at Strathmore concert 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The one who skulks in the bushes is Giuseppe Verdi. Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review 2013-02-19T12:10:12Z A month later, Music Center Opera opened with a celebrated production of Verdi’s “Otello” starring — who else? How Plácido Domingo taught L.A. to love opera 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z At the Metropolitan Opera he is conducting a revelatory performance of Verdi’s “Attila,” a new production that opened last month and a company premiere of this early Verdi opera. Music Review | Riccardo Muti: Seldom-Heard Symphony Resurfaces as a Novelty 2010-03-05T21:23:00Z “There were more performances of this opera in Russia those 18 months than operas of Wagner, Puccini or Verdi.” Stalin Didn’t Like This Opera, but Audiences Still Do 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z They have been rewarded with a totally convincing piece of music theatre, which tightens and intensifies Verdi's score musically as well as dramatically. La Traviata – review 2013-02-03T18:38:41Z The first two come in February: the director Jonathan Miller’s production of Verdi’s “Traviata” and the American premiere of Mr. Wainwright’s “Prima Donna,” both in four-performance runs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Critic?s Notebook: City Opera Begins Season With Rufus Wainwright 2011-11-18T21:43:07Z The company said it would give several concert performances of Verdi’s Requiem conducted by James Levine in its place. Requiem for a New Metropolitan Opera Production 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Verdi sets the task of welding the intimate emotional involvement of the central trio into a broader panoramic view, presenting both a vision of human conflict and a critique of religion. La Forza del Destino 2010-07-28T20:29:00Z “If, say, your Italian tenor singing ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ suddenly goes sick and you need a replacement, that would get a lot harder,” she said, referring to the Verdi opera. As Brexit Looms, Musicians Brace for the Worst 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z No such missionary effort was needed, of course, on behalf of "Otello," the pinnacle of Verdi's work in the theater. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Seldom thought of as a conductor's opera but as with all Verdi, "Traviata" can succeed or fail from the podium. Substitutes shine in 'Traviata' at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth is Oct. Sin City Duke: Met moves `Rigoletto' to Las Vegas 2013-01-23T18:25:11Z Some of the things I cherish in Verdi and Berlioz – their outrageous use of space, for example – have their origins in the Vespers. John Eliot Gardiner: Monteverdi and me 2010-09-02T22:01:00Z She was just as riveting at the Met this fall in the title role of Verdi’s “Aida.” The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z They will be accompanied by the pianist Warren Jones in songs and operatic selections by Strauss, Wagner, Verdi, Mussorgsky and a premiere of a song by Brian Lowdermilk set to words by James Joyce. Opera & Classical Music Listings for March 7-13 2014-03-06T23:20:26Z In another Verdi work, “Rigoletto,” the shift of personnel marked a less dramatic change but resulted in a keen performance. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Verdi finished the score in 1867 as part of his play for recognition in Paris, then the grand-opera capital of Europe. Review: A Starry ‘Don Carlos’ Brings Verdi, in French, to Paris 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Muti knows this late Verdi masterpiece inside and out, and he brought out the splendor of the orchestral writing with a sweep, clarity and precision one seldom hears on a typical night at the opera. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Those forlorn catcalls, loud but isolated, left barely a dent in the wall of cheers which greeted cast, chorus and conductor Daniele Gatti in a new staging of Verdi's Falstaff at the Royal Opera House. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z Ms. Meade, 34, made her Met debut as Elvira in Verdi’s “Ernani” four years ago and will appear again in the role on Thursday in a new run of the opera. ArtsBeat: Beverly Sills Artist Award Announced 2012-01-30T21:30:37Z The two recently released an impressive disc of Verdi opera scenes; Ms. Radvanovsky also recently recorded a CD of Verdi arias that illuminates her elegant phrasing and lustrous sound. Critic?s Notebook: At the Met, a Soprano Ascendant 2011-04-19T21:15:09Z Opera’s season conducting six performances of Verdi’s “La Traviata” starting Sept. 13. James Conlon to quit post with Chicago Symphony's Ravinia Festival 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z There seems almost to be a sense of anxiety that the audience might not tolerate too much Verdi without introducing a blast of wah-wah guitar. Soul Man – review 2012-08-29T11:34:16Z The music of Verdi will increasingly come into focus for the tenor, as his voice has grown richer and darker. An American Tenor Is ‘at Home Everywhere’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The sighing “ba-dum, ba-dum” motif in the prelude to Act II anticipates Verdi’s “La Traviata,” which premiered just 22 years after “Norma” and mines that same motif for the same pathos. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z Verdi’s “Don Carlos” may not be a flawless opera. 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2022 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z With Laine Rettmer’s new video-enhanced staging of Verdi’s Shakespeare drama, set inside the Mast Chocolate Factory in Brooklyn Navy Yard, the company is set to expand its appeal to those with a sweet tooth. Classical Music Listings for Dec. 2-8 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Friday's run-through found him playing the stand-up comic as easily as he played the learned Verdi scholar. Riccardo Muti, CSO take New York by storm with 3-hour 'Otello' 2011-04-16T13:47:00Z Patrick Summers, music director of the Houston Grand Opera, led a flowing performance from the Met orchestra, far more used to Verdi and Puccini than Gluck. Domingo, having turned 70, returns to Met Opera 2011-02-13T20:35:16Z Both of these Verdi works were first performed at the baths in the 1930s, when the stage and seating were set up inside the ruins themselves. In Rome, Opera in Ruins 2010-07-11T10:00:00Z Mr. Gelb had several such successes this season, among them the director Robert Carsen’s new staging of Verdi’s “Falstaff,” which opened to acclaim in December. A Look Back at a Year of Top Voices 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Sunday's premiere of Verdi's perhaps most popular work was noteworthy for two things - inspiring performances and direction and staging that was puzzling for its skimpiness. La Traviata in Vienna shines but staging weak 2011-10-10T13:33:08Z The Albanian soprano, 48, has won over audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with the depth and authenticity of her performances, especially in the realism of “verismo” works by Verdi and Puccini. Ermonela Jaho ‘Can Sing Your Music’ 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z In the program notes, he writes that the Duke’s aria “Questa o quella,” for example, is often sung faster than Verdi intended; the slower tempo chosen here allowed for more expansive, elegant phrasing. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z Pacing the orchestra musicians, supporting the singers, and giving Verdi’s timeless melodies their full due, Fiore extracted the maximum drama from the score with an impeccable sense of timing. Seattle Opera presents a spectacular “Aida” 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Paternal and romantic love, unbridled lust, coldblooded murder for hire and, above all, lethal social and individual power dynamics are at the core of Verdi’s 1851 work. A Fascist-era ‘Rigoletto’ returning to Seattle Opera 2013-12-31T23:10:37Z For large ensemble scenes, in which the opera abounds, Verdi is remarkably like a choreographer in the way he attends to pattern. It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Choreography on Opera Stages 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z While Verdi certainly spent time in Paris, he didn’t always adore it. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z Only the music changed, an assemblage of greatest hits by Mozart, Verdi and Puccini. 4 Operas in 48 Hours: A Critic’s Marathon at the Met 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z Much of the audience in the opera house on a Domingo night came not because the company was performing Verdi or Wagner, but because Domingo was singing Otello or Siegmund. Perspective | Plácido Domingo’s reputation as a performer enabled the opera world to ignore his predatory behavior 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z No Verdi lover would settle for just one “Otello,” and you need a Plácido Domingo version on your CD shelf. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z The Met announced plans to resume with a Verdi requiem on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Met Opera stagehands to return to work after lockout 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z "You don't have that in Verdi or Puccini." Male soprano stars in "forgotten" Italian opera 2010-09-24T13:07:00Z He agrees that in choosing an Egyptian subject, Verdi was ascribing to orientalist notions of "using the east as a way of examining ourselves or imposing our values on those cultures." David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z But there will always be Verdi, Puccini, Wagner and others. The Met Is Planning a Big Bet on Contemporary Opera 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Their trenchant analysis of the quartet near the end of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” swiftly and precisely captures that composer’s gifts for definition and juxtaposition of character. Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z “My grandfather used to hum a bit of Verdi and Puccini, ” says the 34-year-old Mr. Bulgarini, a data scientist by training. How Europe’s Opera Houses Won Over Millennials 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z One opera that shows the interrelation of grieving and dying is Verdi’s “Aida,” which ends with the two central lovers, entombed alive, blissfully invoking the end of their suffering. Exit Arias: What Opera Can Teach Us About Dying 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Verdi modeled some of the choral and vocal ensemble numbers in “Rigoletto” after excerpts from Donizetti’s score. Will Crutchfield Conducts ‘Rigoletto’ at Caramoor 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The company’s first performance of the work, in February 1901, honored the death of Verdi himself, a month earlier. Review: Verdi’s Requiem Recast as Memorial for Dmitri Hvorostovsky 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z I was talking to Darko, saying Verdi makes it more dramatic than Shakespeare in a way. Plácido Domingo on playing Macbeth in L.A. Opera's season opener 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Verdi, the grand master of dramas that combined personal passions with social and political conflict, said that “to imitate truth may be a good thing but to invent truth is better.” A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z Music director James Levine is to conduct Verdi's "Don Carlo" in Nagoya on June 5, the 40th anniversary of his Met debut. Met Opera to go ahead with Japan tour in June 2011-04-19T17:32:10Z Westbroek, a Dutch soprano much admired in the standard repertory of Wagner, Verdi and Puccini, throws herself into the title role with all of her considerable assets. Anna Nicole, the opera: She aims to sleaze 2011-02-18T01:35:12Z He will return to the Met next season to sing another classic Verdi baritone role: the title character in “Nabucco.” Review: Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Highlights include Handel, Haydn and Mozart, to be sure, but there’s also Verdi, Smetana and even Gershwin. Gift Ideas for Classical Music Fans 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z When she was 15, her parents took her to her first opera, Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” A Shape-Shifting Opera Singer, With a Debut to Match 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z “I want Lady Macbeth ugly and bad,” Verdi once said, adding that even her voice should be not altogether beautiful, but “harsh, stifled and dark.” Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z On 20 March, Slatkin records the following account of his first rehearsal with the Met orchestra – who, unlike him, aren't exactly novices when it comes to Verdi. How Leonard Slatkin blogged an opera disaster 2010-04-05T11:47:00Z On the final page, he records in pencil the “frenzied applause” and then the progression of bows — ending, of course, with “Verdi solo.” The Secret of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ and ‘Falstaff’? His Publisher 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In New York, she chose to make her home in an apartment on West 71st Street, overlooking Verdi Square. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Biographer of Verdi and Puccini, Dies at 86 2013-01-27T03:13:09Z But Verdi’s operas, with orchestrations that are often dismissed as oom-pah-pah accompaniments and trivialized accordingly in performance, would seem to offer less fertile ground. Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z But together they’ve played relatively little of the standard Italian repertory, which will make this Verdi masterpiece a new challenge; Michael König, Tamara Wilson and Christopher Maltman take the main roles. Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z In his lean, crackling performance Mr. Davis offers an alternative to the more typical approach of Verdi conductors who favor richer, darker orchestral textures and weightier voices for Otello and Iago. Alt-Verdi: ?Otello,? Differently 2010-12-24T14:54:24Z The famed Milanese opera house will celebrate the dual bicentennial of the births of Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, with seven Verdi productions and six by Wagner - including the entire "Ring" cycle. La Scala to open 2012-13 season with 'Lohengrin' 2012-04-20T13:11:09Z Verdi revised the opera several times, making cuts, translating the French libretto into Italian, leaving a confused legacy of revisions. 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2022 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z "But Verdi at La Scala is Verdi at La Scala, and the joy of returning to Milan is double because of the circumstances," Domingo said. Domingo back to work after cancer surgery 2010-04-16T11:06:00Z Summoning a quartet of great Verdi singers — soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and baritone — isn’t easy, but there’s no reason a major opera house should go 0 for 4. Review: ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Not everybody wants the kind of updating Anne Bogart offered in her 1930s version of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z For Verdi, “Simon Boccanegra” offered a chance to explore flawed, fatalistic and struggling characters, especially Simon, a former pirate, who is a willful, imperious yet essentially decent man. Music Review: This Time, a Baritone as a Verdi Baritone 2011-01-21T23:47:28Z Verdi wrote this in reaction to the worst premiere of his mature career. New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z No, it is a new production of “Verdi’s “Aida” set in present-day Egypt at this year’s Glimmerglass Festival here in bucolic Cooperstown. Music Review: At Glimmerglass, ‘Aida,’ ‘Armide’ and ‘Lost in the Stars’ 2012-08-06T22:15:41Z Mr. Muti has shown, time and again, that Verdi’s settings of texts are hardly less responsive and refined than the French Baroque “tragédies en musique” of Lully and Rameau. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The program includes works by Verdi, Brahms, Beethoven and others. The Week Ahead: Folklife and Sasquatch festivals are arts highlights 2010-05-19T21:51:00Z But the future would vindicate Verdi’s 1853 opera to a degree far beyond what any sane composer could have foretold. New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Verdi has retained a hallowed place in my personal pantheon ever since. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z But for many, it’s the women who move the story forward and offer perhaps the richest characterizations in Verdi’s repertoire. The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Last year, Ms. Yoncheva made her debut at the Met ahead of schedule when another soprano withdrew from Verdi’s “Rigoletto” because she was pregnant. The Soprano Sonya Yoncheva Is Poised for Stardom 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Ariadne has the harder task: if you sit back in Verdi, and I am not recommending that you do, the musical shapes and patterns still seem familiar. Otello; The Minotaur – review 2013-01-20T00:07:21Z Given the scarcity of top Verdi and Wagner baritones, Lucas hopes to be hired by bigger and bigger companies. Transgender baritone Lucia Lucas makes US debut 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Verdi himself also bears some responsibility for his work not enjoying wider success. Seattle Opera's 'Attila' a timely tale of warfare 2012-01-04T23:09:03Z "It may sound silly, but the greatest Verdi opera is the opera I'm conducting at the moment, because I like all Verdi," Muti said. The maestro tackles a masterpiece: Muti discusses his CSO 'Otello' 2011-04-06T15:44:00Z “Defiant Requiem” surrounds a complete performance of Verdi’s Requiem with filmed testimony from Terezin survivors, clips from a Nazi propaganda film depicting Terezin as a model camp, spoken texts and bits of other music. Music Review: ‘Defiant Requiem,’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-05-01T21:08:27Z Daniele Callegari was a strong conductor, understanding some of the forward propulsion, verbal sensitivity and passion that circulate like life’s blood through Verdi’s music and keep it, after more than a century, vivid and alive. Review | Russell Thomas headlines bleak ‘Otello’ at WNO 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z David Alden’s production of this Verdi opera is crucial to have in the mix. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The greatest Verdi conductor of our time was on fire, and so were the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this concert performance. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z In the world of opera just now, that idea seems to be the resurrection of Giuseppe Verdi's "Attila." Seattle Opera's 'Attila' a timely tale of warfare 2012-01-04T23:09:03Z Bellini died cruelly young, at 33, but left some of the most beautiful bel canto operas, and arguably the longest legacy, affecting everyone from Chopin to Verdi to Wagner. Perspective | What exactly is bel canto? It’s a way of singing and, for some, an addiction. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z It is also considered a masterpiece of Verdi’s middle period, just before the composer began a prolific stretch toward old age with the grit of a marathon runner. A Busy Baritone Gets Ready for a New ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Suddenly there are low tremolos indicating rumbling thunder, and ominous roiling chromatic riffs in the bass, like the brewing storm music near the end of Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z In the coming seasons, he is scheduled to conduct operas by composers including Wagner, Strauss, Puccini, Poulenc and Verdi — including a new production of “La Traviata” in 2018-19. Yannick Nézet-Séguin to Succeed James Levine as Met Opera’s Music Director 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z At the Bowl this summer, Dudamel is leading performances of Verdi and Prokofiev, but also headlining shows that celebrate Duke Ellington and Café Tacvba, the pioneering Mexican rock band. In L.A., Dudamel’s Influence Extends Beyond the Concert Hall 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Verdi’s “Macbeth,” directed by Anne Bogart, has the great bass-baritone Eric Owens in the title role and Melody Moore as Lady Macbeth. Classical Music Listings for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z And the celebration ended with the triumphant Act II finale of Verdi’s “Aida,” with images of earthen Egyptian temples morphing into the theater’s grand front columns. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z But she is an artist of rare gifts at a time when many Verdi heroines are almost impossible to cast. Radvanovksy triumphs in Toronto "Aida" 2010-10-03T15:31:00Z He even ended the season with a Saturday doubleheader, conducting Stravinsky’s “The Rake’s Progress” in the afternoon and Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera” in the evening. Review: The Met Orchestra’s Season Concludes Under James Levine’s Soaring Baton 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z That Mr. Slatkin had a wipeout at the last season in Verdi’s “Traviata” stemmed from his seeming lack of affinity for the style. Music Review: Overdue Debut for Lewis Spratlan Opera in Santa Fe 2010-07-25T23:29:00Z The cast wasn’t more encouraging in enacting Verdi’s intimate love triangle, which plays out amid the sprawling context of war between ancient Egypt and Ethiopia. Review: The Met Opera’s Grand Old ‘Aida’ Isn’t Dead Yet 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z A: I must say I'm not too positive about this polemic that's been set up by the press, Wagner against Verdi. A Minute With:-Royal Opera's Pappano: "No idea I'd be a conductor" 2013-10-16T13:02:56Z Not included in official reporting is the latest live transmission from the New York Met Opera, which on Saturday was Verdi's much-loved Rigoletto. Die Hard 5 elbows Wreck-It Ralph out 2013-02-20T09:00:03Z How about Verdi’s “Otello,” which returned this spring in time for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death? The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Since 1997 the has presented an series devoted to the bel canto repertory, with an emphasis on Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi. Music Review: Sailing a Saucy Ship Into Bel Canto Seas 2011-06-26T22:09:05Z Munitz said there are plans to stage Aida, another Verdi opera, next year with the hope of making the venue a permanent fixture on the world's opera festival calendar. Israel breaks ground with opera on Dead Sea shores 2010-06-07T13:48:00Z The soundtrack of the commuter’s daily life acquired a purple grandeur, with Bowie, Labelle and Madonna assuming the velvet cloaks of Verdi and Puccini. Review: Hit Songs to Sin By in a Smashing ‘Moulin Rouge!’ 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z “Would the Germans,” the column sneered, “have opened the Wagner year with a Verdi opera?” Books of The Times: ‘A History of Opera,’ by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker 2012-12-27T22:03:04Z Schweitzer has a perfectly sensible explanation for this: Wagner’s operas are about gods, myths and fantastical creatures, while the stories that Verdi tells are about human relationships. How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Other possibilities: simultaneously released films about Liszt and Chopin, Brahms and Schumann, Verdi and Wagner, Ravel and Debussy. Why I give a hoot for competing dead jazz musician movies 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Conductor Bertrand de Billy's interpretation of this Verdi opera was refreshingly lean and free of musical verbiage. La Traviata in Vienna shines but staging weak 2011-10-10T13:33:08Z Last week, the conductor cancelled the rest of his scheduled performances of Verdi's La Traviata at the Met in New York for what the opera house calls "personal reasons". How Leonard Slatkin blogged an opera disaster 2010-04-05T11:47:00Z This opera by Verdi was always notorious for having a complicated, if not incomprehensible, plot, but surtitles help fix that – sort of. Il Trovatore - review 2011-02-27T18:03:39Z That Verdi was swept up in building the home while composing “Falstaff” struck the Italian director Damiano Michieletto when he was envisioning a new production of this comic masterpiece for the 2013 Salzburg Festival. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z The singer, who is particularly coveted in the music of Verdi, in turn suggested Mr. Warlikowski as director following their collaboration on a 2017 production of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” at Opéra Bastille. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z But as conceived by Verdi, Monterone is a count, a rung lower than a duke but still an aristocrat. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z They explore oddities of individual careers, such as Rossini's celebrated retirement, and Verdi's curious, rather overlooked trajectory – in his first 14 years as a composer, he wrote 19 operas, in his last 48, exactly eight. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z Midgette: Well, I may have a higher tolerance for "Macbeth" adaptations, since at this point in my life, I've been to Verdi's operatic version more than Shakespeare's original drama. Review | Two critics debate a rare rehashing of a revised ‘Macbeth,’ singing witches and all 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The first of Giuseppe Verdi's three great middle-period triumphs has been shifted to New York's Little Italy, Federico Fellini's Rome, modern-day Hollywood and even the Oval Office. Sin City Duke: Met moves `Rigoletto' to Las Vegas 2013-01-23T18:25:11Z "I think a lot of people who profess to love Verdi and to love Aida almost expect it to look as silly as possible," McVicar says. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z Finally, there is “Falstaff,” Verdi’s comic farewell to opera. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z He said that he would like to bring the title role of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which he sang for a television special a few years ago, to the stage. Plácido Domingo Defies the Gravity of Age 2014-03-07T15:00:03Z As he rehearsed Verdi’s “Macbeth” for a 1993 concert performance with the Philadelphia Orchestra, he tirelessly discussed fine points with his cast. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z In his eighties he remained more consistently creative than any other great composer before him, even Verdi. From the archive, 7 April 1971: Stravinksy, the towering genius 2011-04-07T15:15:35Z When the music is his beloved Verdi, however, Muti never rests, and this most painstaking of Verdi interpreters expects nothing less from his performers. Riccardo Muti, CSO take New York by storm with 3-hour 'Otello' 2011-04-16T13:47:00Z Why is this opera, admired by Berlioz and Wagner, and a crucial resource to Verdi, Meyerbeer and many others, so seldom heard? Music Review: A Return to Rossini?s Days of Yesteryear 2011-07-10T21:37:45Z The relentless patter of Verdi’s vocal writing against a full, busy orchestra presents distinctive challenges. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Two new productions that had been planned for the fall, Verdi’s “Aida” and Prokofiev’s “The Fiery Angel,” have been postponed until later seasons. The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Fall Performances 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z He will return there in October to lead Verdi’s “Luisa Miller.” Lyric Opera of Chicago Picks a New Music Director 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Kempster, apparently recovering from bronchitis, was in remarkably potent form, inflecting Verdi's lines with authority and sensitivity. Il Trovatore - review 2011-02-27T18:03:39Z He conducted the offstage choruses in Verdi’s “Aida” later that day. Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z On Friday night, the maestro, along with his Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus, unleashed the tragic power of "Otello" by Giuseppe Verdi, whose music nobody alive conducts with greater mastery. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Princess Eboli also can be seen as a reflection of Verdi’s commitment to his characters — particularly the female ones — and Ms. Matochkina sees the role as the ultimate vehicle for her voice and acting ability. The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z But in this early work, first performed in 1844, Verdi seized on the story as a vehicle for sweeping Romantic drama, complete with rousing choral scenes, and for broad explorations of human dilemmas. Music Review: Angela Meade in ?Ernani? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-04T00:43:41Z "I will continue to work on how to perform Verdi," Muti, who is in his third year as the orchestra's music director, told at a news conference at Chicago's Orchestra Hall. Riccardo Muti begins 3 weeks with Chicago Symphony 2013-04-10T21:51:08Z Ms. Westbroek, known for heavier roles by Puccini, Verdi and Wagner, is new to contemporary opera, and she admits to finding it a challenge. Far From Valhalla: A Tabloid Star Is Joining The Sisterhood Of the Fallen 2011-02-13T01:06:18Z As if taking a cue from Domingo, who threw himself into "Di Provenza il Mar" from Verdi's "La Traviata" and to "Granada," everyone treated this as a night for grandness rather than intimacy. Musco Center's sound decision pays dividends in hall's debut 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z For residents of Madrid’s new lockdown areas, Sunday was their last chance to hear Verdi’s opera for a while: The restrictions forbid travel except for work, school or medical emergencies. Madrid Opera Shut Down by Audience Angry at Crowding in Cheap Seats 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Listening to it, I often sensed that Verdi altered passages for the 1865 revision not because they were inferior but because he wanted to bring the opera up-to-date by reflecting developments in his musical style. An Italian Festival Presents Verdi on His Own Turf 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z It looks like Verdi’s Camille fleeing a ball that has suddenly burst into flames, or maybe Scarlett O’Hara, overdressed, at the burning of Atlanta. Review: ‘Grand Illusions’ Showcases Deceptive Photography 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The 19th-century bel canto repertory remained closest to his heart, with its romantic vision of lost time: Donizetti and Bellini playing with Tudors and Stuarts, Rossini and Verdi's torrid exoticism. Peter J Hall obituary 2010-06-24T18:00:00Z But he has cut their number in close to a dozen productions, including Verdi’s “Aida,” which now has two instead of three intermissions. Bar and Bathroom Lines, Molto Adagio 2014-04-18T20:59:14Z The same problem affects the tenor aria, and again the translators provide the familiar verse-form from Verdi’s comfort zone, instead of the “novenario” he had to set in Paris. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z ‘FALSTAFF’ Riccardo Muti, the king of Verdi, reigned anew as he led his Chicago Symphony Orchestra in sublime concert performances of that composer’s great final comedy in April. The Best Classical Music of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z After a bit of silence for contemplation, he summoned the dark, mysterious opening that launches the mighty Verdi Requiem. L.A. Master Chorale delivers a mighty, thrilling Verdi Requiem 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z “Almost all of Verdi’s roles, especially for mezzo-sopranos, are contradictory and bright,” she said. The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The overall effect seemed closer to Verdi than dry, transparent, unshowy Copland. As the Los Angeles Philharmonic tours, Gustavo Dudamel seems determined to shake up his audiences 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z The baritone drew a parallel to another Shakespearean opera, Verdi’s “Macbeth,” and the title character’s hallucination of a dagger. A Decidedly French “Hamlet” Returns to Paris 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z She is a musicologist with special expertise in the works of composer Giuseppe Verdi. Seattle Opera may have the country’s only opera scholar in residence, helping make the art form more diverse and relevant 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Like a Verdi or Rossini opera, “West Side Story” exists in several versions and has a complicated history. Music Review: ?West Side Story? Orchestral Film Screening - Review 2011-09-08T22:05:59Z “She is without doubt the best Verdi mezzo-soprano today on the planet. Without. Doubt.” A Young Singer Takes the Opera World by Storm 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The venue has previously hosted acclaimed productions of several of Verdi's operas, and its epic possibilities should suit Aida better than most. Aida 2010-06-04T05:45:00Z Verdi goes for deep sarcasm in his masterfully comic score — when the men make fools of themselves in bombastic monologues, the orchestration only intensifies — and there was nothing cutesy in Rustioni’s account of it. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z But an earthshaking early chorus that tries to establish the high stakes of Marnie’s endless escapes sounds like it’s wandered in from the Verdi Requiem. Review: Nico Muhly’s ‘Marnie’ Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The rethought opera harks back to the days before texts were considered sacrosanct, when composers like Handel, Verdi and Puccini continued to tinker with and transform their finished works over the years. Revisiting the Opera ‘Appomattox,’ in the Course of Human Events 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z After graduating in 1954 from Princeton University, where he studied musicology and wrote a thesis on Verdi, Mr. Tuggle served in the Army. Robert Tuggle, Longtime Archivist of the Metropolitan Opera, Dies at 83 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z The language issue caused a minor scandal in March, when he said that Spanish singers “interpret Verdi the same way as Puccini,” which led to the formation of a Facebook group calling for his ouster. Arts & Leisure: Arena Opera, Mortier Style 2011-07-14T13:38:17Z Loutsion is a singer to watch, though I think Verdi and Strauss might end up being better fits for her voice. Young people, grown-up voices: ‘Butterfly’ at Wolf Trap 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z But the dramatic power and intensity of one of Verdi's greatest achievements are always unmistakable, and that's the most important thing. Simon Boccanegra – review 2013-03-14T17:49:16Z Known primarily for Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Strauss, the Met is presenting three company premieres of 21st century works this season. Aucoin’s ‘Eurydice,’ modern retelling of myth, opens at Met 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z No Verdi, except as part of an evening of excerpts exploring the ideological implications of the chorus in opera. Arts & Leisure: Arena Opera, Mortier Style 2011-07-14T13:38:17Z There has been much parsing this year of the ways in which Verdi and Wagner, the 200th birthday boys of 2013, differ. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z It means Domingo brings something of Otello to the role, and even, in his despair, a glimpse of the Lear that Verdi longed to write but never did. Nabucco – review 2013-04-16T16:07:34Z After much deliberation with the censors and some deft changes – including swapping the king for the duke – Verdi got the go-ahead. Verdi's Rigoletto given 'cinematic' makeover for BBC 2010-07-25T17:34:00Z The starving choir, whose numbers were repeatedly depleted as members were sent to their deaths, sang Verdi’s “Requiem” — a Roman Catholic funeral Mass that offers a searing depiction of Judgment Day — 16 times. Murry Sidlin Conducts ‘Defiant Requiem,’ a Tribute to Defiance With Verdi 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z I hope Lyric Opera engages her for a big Verdi role such as this. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Everything that makes this Verdi's supreme lyric tragedy was there for the ear to marvel at, writ larger than life. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z “Aida” may well be the grandest of the grand operas, but it needs inspired staging and exceptional voices in order to make Verdi’s masterpiece shine. Seattle Opera presents a spectacular “Aida” 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Verdi’s chorus of witches does, indeed, gaudily set the scene by opening the drama with cackling weirdness, forecasting the futures of Macbeth and his fellow general, Banquo. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z But overall, it was a largely effective account of Verdi's longest work, which stretches over five acts and 4 1/2 hours. 50 seasons after debut, Maazel returns to Met 2013-02-24T23:01:04Z I was left feeling a bit down about the state of young American Verdi singing, but some of my hope returned after Monday evening’s performance of “Aida.” Stephen Costello and Tamara Wilson Show Opposing Approaches 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z As a musicological detective, Mr. Porter was responsible for bringing to light a restored version of “Don Carlos,” which he meticulously pieced together from traces Verdi had left behind. Andrew Porter, New Yorker Classical Music Critic, Dies at 86 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z "Would Germany celebrate Verdi on Wagner's birthday?" was the question asked south of the Alps. The best international cultural events of 2012 2012-12-05T19:00:12Z There’s a lot in the season ahead, however, that could allow him to make that statement and deliver performances as memorable as, for instance, last year’s Verdi Requiem. Review | Noseda extends NSO contract; will stay through 2024-2025 season 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The Met plans to resume performances in its house at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with a Verdi requiem on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Met Opera and orchestra reach deal, allowing season to start 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z "The red-blooded quality, the vitality of Verdi is there," Jenkins observes. Seattle Opera's 'Attila' a timely tale of warfare 2012-01-04T23:09:03Z The mere fact that this great singer, now 72, is moved to immerse himself in yet another new Verdi role is reason enough. Nabucco – review 2013-04-16T16:07:34Z By presenting the company premiere of a Verdi rarity, the LA Opera put the spotlight on the composer and the genius of compositions that are delighting audiences nearly two centuries later. Domingo in Verdi rarity `I Due Foscari' in LA 2012-09-16T17:51:10Z Before Verdi, composers often wrote for the sole purpose of allowing a performer to showcase their talent: spectacular coloraturas, impressive high notes etc. Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z For most operas, Mr. Palumbo conducts those offstage choruses — the priests inside the temple judging Radames near the end of Verdi’s “Aida,” for example — and positions himself adroitly to help with difficult cues. Donald Palumbo, a Met Star in the Wings 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z They may not have been imposing maestros, but they knew a thing or two about Verdi. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z His baton was clearer Saturday than in his previous production, a revival of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" that began April 1. James Levine conducted his final opera in 40 years as the Metropolitan Opera's music director on Saturday, basking in applause after leading Mozart's 'The Abduction from the Seraglio' 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Verdi embraced such alert shifts, even later incorporating them into the fabric of Italian works like “Otello” and “Falstaff.” Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z Muti, who made his Met debut this season in Verdi's "Attila," becomes music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra next season. Luisi appointed Met's principal guest conductor 2010-04-27T23:37:00Z One of Verdi’s most problematic operas, “Attila” has music of beauty and excitement, but also awkward proportions and characters that seethe yet never quite come to life. Music Review: Bernard Uzan, Director, Adds Context to Seattle?s ?Attila? 2012-01-26T22:27:32Z Gone was Leonard Slatkin, who presided over Monday night's season premiere of the Verdi opera with a striking lack of coordination between the orchestra and singers. New conductor rescues the Met's 'Traviata' 2010-04-04T16:16:00Z Often Verdi’s accompaniments look deceptively simple, but Mr. Muti carefully polishes each one, stressing proper articulation, intonation and rhythmic definition while always insisting on expressive, singing tone. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z But he has found a trove of enticing baritone roles in the Verdi canon, especially in the father roles. Plácido Domingo Defies the Gravity of Age 2014-03-07T15:00:03Z If Verdi should compose yet another "Romeo and Juliet" the world will be grateful, and few would really regret if in composing it he returned once more to his old manner. Verdi to adapt Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? From the archive, 30 November 1893 2012-11-30T07:30:00Z In Verdi she was a mite less successful: her Violetta lacks dramatic involvement and the heavier roles in his operas need more strength in the voice. Dame Joan Sutherland obituary 2010-10-11T17:56:00Z Themes for these monthly parties are always pegged to the opera of the night, which so far has included tuneful favorites of the repertory: Verdi’s “Otello” and “Rigoletto,” and Puccini’s “Tosca.” Lincoln Center Works to Attract a Younger Audience 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Asked if Italian audiences accept Russian singers performing Verdi, Mr. Noseda protested. Olympics Spotlight for Russia’s Musical Profile 2014-02-05T22:54:52Z Verdi hoped to relaunch it with his revision, but it was not wanted; Paris had fallen in love with “Aida” in the meantime. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The tradition wound down later in the 19th century, she said, as composers like Verdi and Wagner fought for more artistic control, and music publishers became more powerful. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z Photograph: Adam Gray/SWNS.com At the , Covent Garden they are staging grand classical works created by Verdi and Berlioz that follow the fortunes of kings, queens and valiant warriors. Take your seats for Swindon: the Opera 2012-07-06T18:17:28Z Robert Carsen’s charming 2013 production, which places Verdi’s Shakespearean opera in 1950s England, will see a makeover this season, thanks to a twist of casting. The Met Opera’s New Season: What We Want to See 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z He almost cracked a few high notes and didn’t attempt the pianissimo Verdi specified for the final phrase.He acted convincingly throughout the evening but continued to struggle vocally. Music Review: ?Aida? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-11T01:03:18Z In his letters, Verdi speaks a lot about "Art": "I want Art in any of its manifestations, not the amusement, the artifice, the system that you prefer." Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z I sat with Lade and Larsen in one of the Opera’s rehearsal spaces the other day to talk about Verdi, and their time with the program. future maestros and mezzos at the Seattle Opera 2013-03-29T21:13:56Z “It’s a very delicate situation,” Mr. Luisi, 52, said in an interview before a run of performances of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Met, starting on Tuesday. On Deck,The Met?s Pinch-Hitter 2011-04-21T13:39:32Z It’s the most mystifying moment of this Verdi masterpiece. Opera Review: A Winning, Cautious, ?Don Carlo? at the Met 2010-11-23T12:39:00Z That excludes him from the Puccini, Verdi and Wagner that dominate many opera companies’ programming. The falsetto pharoah: The story behind the powerfully high voice in L.A. Opera's 'Akhnaten' 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z On Verdi’s birthday in October, I wanted to share with friends — many of whom don’t know much about opera — a single film clip that conveyed his genius. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z Mr. Luisi is a frequent guest conductor internationally, equally adept at Strauss, Verdi and Wagner. Fabio Luisi Is to Be Met Opera?s Principal Guest Conductor 2010-04-27T21:07:00Z “It’s a Verdi and Wagner season, and I don’t have so much Verdi or Wagner.” Pretty Yende, a Soprano From South Africa 2013-02-01T22:37:34Z For “Macbeth,” Noseda reverted to the original ending, a solo aria for Macbeth that Verdi later replaced with an oddly bouncy chorus — and that, in this production, made a powerfully effective close. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The quality of the singers, in some of opera’s most fiendishly difficult roles, has varied in the Verdi pieces Muti has led here. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Conductor Stefano Ranzani gave a vital and energetic account of the score, supporting but never overwhelming the singers, and the orchestra played Verdi’s glittering music with considerable finesse. At Seattle Opera, a much different look at ‘La traviata’’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Verdi had the right idea: love and death, and great tunes. At Seattle Opera, a much different look at ‘La traviata’’ 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z A similar Verdi set is planned for the fall. Review: For Wagner's 200th birthday, a 25-disc set 2013-05-28T16:15:11Z But the elite he was referring to were his fellow composers, and Stravinsky’s astute defense of Verdi shook up contemporary music circles. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Hailing Opera's Shakespeare, and Its Proust 2011-01-17T12:00:40Z At the Kennedy Center, he approached the score with his hallmark light fleetness, the way he conducts Beethoven, or the translucent Verdi Requiem he led here in 2018. Review | National Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Tristan’ was lacking in D.C. They made up for it in New York. 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z The Verdi and Britten Requiems and the various recordings of the Shostakovich Fourteenth are also memorable. Galina Vishnevskaya obituary 2012-12-11T18:32:40Z Now, Thomas, 42, is taking on Verdi’s “Otello,” one of the most punishing roles in the repertoire, which he will perform to open Washington National Opera’s season Oct. Perspective | Russell Thomas is much more than a black tenor. Now, he’s tackling ‘Otello’ and the field’s stereotypes. 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z I think what Verdi intended was a lot of militaristic bombast. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z This may sound like hairsplitting, but when it comes to Verdi’s longest opera, less is less, even with a strong cast like the Met’s for this revival. Review: The Met Brings Back a Shorter, Weaker ‘Don Carlo’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z The full ensemble closed the performance with the Act III quartet from Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” Music Review: Wainwright Offers Taste of Opera 2011-06-29T21:54:02Z In the climax of the Windsor Park scene, Verdi’s Falstaff is supposed to be pinched and poked by townspeople pretending to be goblins. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z Stretches of Verdi’s miraculous score had élan, color and clarity. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Ms. Wilson’s international career is taking off, and she made an acclaimed Met debut two years ago in the title role of Verdi’s “Aida.” Review: A Gala’s Starry Mix of Artists and Arias 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The passage was clasped, deleted by Verdi before opening night to allow the audience to catch the final train of the night, a 12:35 a.m. to the suburbs. Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Small wonder that Verdi — who also adapted “Macbeth” and fashioned “Falstaff” out of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Henry IV” — contemplated taking on “Hamlet” but ultimately changed his mind. ‘To Be or Not to Be’: Is It the Question or the Point? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z By Act III he was top-notch, with a real Verdi baritone voice, powerful singing and persuasive acting. Seattle Opera’s ‘Rigoletto’ a triumph of singing, acting, playing 2014-01-13T18:59:07Z It began in February at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Jonathan Miller’s take on Verdi’s “Traviata.” Identity Shifts for New York City Opera 2012-06-01T14:12:32Z Like Verdi’s masterly “Falstaff,” which shares its continuous texture, “Fanciulla” is not easy to grasp on first hearing. When Puccini Rode Tall In the Saddle 2010-12-03T19:38:00Z Verdi’s Shakespeare is so important to Italian operatic culture that it was bold indeed for the Rome Opera to open with Battistelli’s “Julius Caesar.” Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z It was at this home that he demonstrated his affinity with Verdi and Puccini. Charles Mackerras 1925-2010 2010-07-15T10:55:00Z And remember a Verdi staccato is not like a Rossini staccato; it is detached but not as abrupt. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z They can't actually be talking about the same Italian opera, because Johnson died before the composers that Stein is on about – Rossini, Puccini and Verdi – were born. Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera 2010-06-02T07:00:00Z In the decades after the composer’s death in 1901, performances of Verdi’s operas began to fester with the most aggressive excesses of the verismo style that was gaining steam in his final years. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z And stretching back to his performances of the Requiem as the Chicago Symphony’s music director designate in 2009, Verdi has provided a series of exclamation points on his tenure here. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Even in England, “Falstaff” is not that often played compared with some of Elgar’s works, and if music lovers know the “Falstaff” story, it’s primarily through Verdi. Barenboim and Elgar: A Musical Love Story Continues 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z This does not mean Verdi did not learn anything from his predecessors. Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z She brought warmth, fear and eloquence back to a character that can often be merely blunt, then followed up the feat in September, conjuring a seductive yet implacable Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida.” The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Tucker was a much-admired Verdi interpreter at the Met, so it seemed fitting that the program included several arias by the composer. Critic’s Notebook: Singing in the Rain in Tribute to Richard Tucker 2013-08-29T22:07:53Z “It’s Verdi,” he said once to the orchestra. Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z Verdi had a lifetime of experience imagining melodies for lines of seven, eight or 10 syllables — but not nine syllables, which traditional Italian poetry did not use, and French did. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z She also studied opera at Oberlin, and hosted a quirky podcast called Aria Code that deconstructed excerpts from Puccini and Verdi. Rhiannon Giddens Is Writing an Opera 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Uncommonly versatile, his roles ranged from Florestan in Beethoven's Fidelio to main characters in operas composed by Verdi, Wagner, and Richard Strauss. South African tenor Johan Botha dies at age 51 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z But there it was, in black and white: “The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos.’” Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Out of the entire Verdi repertory, there is one clear choice: “Va pensiero,” a chorus composed by the young and patriotic Verdi in 1841, while northern Italy was under Austrian rule. Honoring Verdi on Seventy-second Street 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Still, the production that Seattle Opera will present later this month might well strike even the most seasoned fan as a freshly discovered Verdi opera. New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Prior to Friday’s performance, he had conducted the work, Verdi’s final opera, 55 times, which is a Met record. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z It is time for “Stiffelio” to take its place in the Verdi canon. 2010-01-12T23:25:00Z Edinburgh marked a return to form; the company went on to perform “La boheme” and the Verdi Requiem, to full houses and glowing reviews. Perspective | After a conductor’s injury, an opera in Scotland became a test run for the NSO’s future 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Gelb said he had advised Mr. Grigolo that he would not be welcome to sing in Verdi’s “La Traviata” at the Met this winter unless the Royal Opera’s investigation cleared him. Plácido Domingo Leaves Met Opera Amid Sexual Harassment Inquiry 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z When Pavarotti sings a part in a Verdi opera, he doesn’t make advertising for the company that sponsors it. Werner Herzog on Why You’ll Never Find Him on Facebook or Twitter 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The Berlin State Opera’s production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” begins with the madly ambitious Lady Macbeth slowly walking over a burning battlefield, carrying a sword as she negotiates a stage littered with corpses. Anna Netrebko Returns to Berlin, Amid Protests and Some Boos 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The musical mood immediately changes, and she sings a heartfelt aria worthy of any early Verdi heroine. 2010-02-03T04:38:00Z Then the characters of the opera, wearing casual modern clothes, burst in through the windows as Verdi’s music begins. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z The Met will give its first performance back at the opera house on Sept. 11 with a special concert of Verdi’s Requiem to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks. Met Opera Reaches Deal With Orchestra, Paving Way for Reopening 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z But whereas no one really doubts the greatness of Wagner or Verdi, and Chopin seems universally beloved, things are not so straightforward with Liszt. Looking at Franz Liszt on His Bicentenary 2011-10-22T04:00:08Z Under Giulini the orchestra breathes with the singers, without ever coming across as some Verdi backup band. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z He has sung dozens of small comprimario parts — the character roles of opera — but also starred in Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” and Verdi’s “Falstaff.” After 50 Years at the Met Opera, Paul Plishka Retires (Again) 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z When Lotte de Beer’s new production of Verdi’s “Aida” recently premiered at the Paris Opera — not to a full house, but to an audience online — she was just relieved it was happening. A New ‘Aida’ Lands in the Middle of France’s Culture Wars 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z A crackling new account of Verdi’s “Don Carlos” appeared last fall. Peter Moores and His Campaign for Opera in English 2010-08-22T01:53:00Z By taking on a touchstone Verdi baritone part, Mr. Domingo was asking fans to indulge him in fulfilling a lifelong fantasy, one for which his voice was not really suited. Review: Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z On his Web site Mr. Slatkin wrote that he did “a lot of digging” into the Verdi work and the Verdi style: “What constituted tradition and why?” Music Review: In Revival of Verdi, a New Note of Drama 2010-03-30T21:48:00Z Their musical habitats, too, are as alien as rainforest from tundra: Verdi we see as the genius of traditional lyricism whereas Birtwistle is, we assume, the uncompromising iconoclast who resists the paths of softness. Otello; The Minotaur – review 2013-01-20T00:07:21Z On Saturday, the Met will return indoors for Verdi’s Requiem, in honor of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Review: The Met Opera Reunites, With Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Q: The music world is celebrating the 200th birthdays this year of two major opera composers, Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi. A Minute With:-Royal Opera's Pappano: "No idea I'd be a conductor" 2013-10-16T13:02:56Z The third piece on the program, the opener, was all Muti’s: an overture by Giuseppe Verdi, the composer who more than any other he has made his own. Review | Romantic tropes for the 21st century: the Chicago Symphony on tour 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton Never lacking in ambition, Holland Park has set itself arguably its biggest challenge yet with its first production of Verdi's vast and sprawling tragedy. La Forza del Destino 2010-07-28T20:29:00Z Verdi worked with inspired diligence to shape his musical lines to metrical rhythms subtly different from Italian. Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Based on Schiller's play and here performed in the Italian version, Verdi's much revised masterpiece demands world-class singers at the peak of their powers. Don Carlo; Gods and Heroes – review 2013-05-11T23:07:35Z Then the soprano Angel Blue brought radiant sound and aching sensitivity to the “Ave Maria” from Verdi’s “Otello.” Mixing Healing and Strife, the Met Opera Sings Again 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The music festival at , with its current focus on Verdi in Paris examines the French connection. Music Review: ‘Don Carlos,’ in Its Original Tongue, Reveals Intricacies 2013-07-21T22:00:53Z The festival concludes Monday at 8 p.m. with the Met’s spectacular production of Verdi’s “Aida.” Spare Times for Sept. 4-10 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The only rarity — Verdi's "Due Foscari" — has clearly been scheduled only because of the involvement of the company's general director, Plácido Domingo, who will sing the baritone role of the Doge. Opera companies, notably in Seattle, face money trouble 2012-08-09T00:41:03Z My first thought was that we should do one of his tragedies, maybe ‘Il Bravo,’ which made such an impression on the young Verdi.” Another Tale, or Two, Of That Operatic Figaro 2011-06-03T18:19:59Z The years that Netrebko spent singing bel canto heroines paid off here in the skillful way she dispatched the trills and runs that Verdi folds into the vocal lines. A Met ‘Macbeth’ worth a trip to the movie theater 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Even after extended experience, he was not the maestro opera fans turned to for arresting performances of Verdi’s “Traviata.” Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s free live stream of the Verdi Requiem last year drew more than 130,000 viewers, who caught it on more than 30 different websites. Detroit Symphony Dives Headlong Into Streaming 2014-03-21T22:02:56Z Verdi illustrates the character’s inner deliberation with several bars of orchestral music during which Falstaff, whose last date with Alice ended in humiliation, fails to take the bait. Christoph Waltz, Directing Opera, Moves From Tarantino to Verdi 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Focus will be on the 200th anniversary of the births of Verdi and Wagner in 1813. Met abandons Bondy `Rigoletto' for Vegas version 2012-02-24T00:15:09Z There’s a lot of fat-shaming in Verdi’s “Falstaff,” but the opera has never really been a candidate for revision or cancellation, probably because the victim of those insults refuses to see himself as one. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z A new production of Verdi's "Macbeth" starring Plácido Domingo and the company premiere of Philip Glass' "Akhnaten" will kick off the 2016-17 season at Los Angeles Opera, leaders are expected to announce on Tuesday. L.A. Opera to present 'Macbeth,' 'Akhnaten' and Leonard Bernstein tribute in 2016-17 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Doomed, but Still Dedicated to Verdi Extreme deprivation, degradation and abuse are not easily evoked in a concert setting, with relatively comfortable musicians performing for well-fed and highly perfumed listeners. Music Review: ‘Defiant Requiem,’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-05-01T21:08:27Z Germans sometimes label Mozart the Shakespeare of music, but no composer cared about this playwright more than Verdi. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z In November the Los Angeles Philharmonic, when queried, acknowledged that the principal bassoonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra was performing with it during a run of the Verdi Requiem. 2010-01-13T22:17:00Z It was a show that was thrillingly innovative as theatre and yet authentically true to Verdi's masterpiece. Love opera. Don't fall into the trappings trap 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z Is it Verdi, is it Puccini, is it Wagner?’ A Conductor Comes Into His Own in the Opera Pit 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z For decades she divided her time among New York, Venice and , the town in the Emilia-Romagna region where Verdi had lived. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Verdi Biographer, Dies at 86 2013-01-27T23:20:50Z At first, before the music starts, we see a video of the actual Casa Verdi facade with cars passing through a traffic circle out front. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z But in the opera house, in Verdi especially, Muti is peerless. Italian stallion Riccardo Muti is winning hearts in Chicago 2010-09-23T14:20:00Z Verdi believed so strongly in the music to “Stiffelio” that he adapted the score to a new libretto, turning the minister into a medieval crusader. 2010-01-12T23:25:00Z “We often say that when we are doing Mozart or Verdi, we’re doing a world premiere, essentially,” Louisa Proske, one of the founders and artistic directors of Heartbeat Opera, said in a recent interview. After Transforming Classics, an Opera Company Tries a Premiere 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z More recently, to his surprise, he has found Verdi and Wagner flowing into the mix. Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z That he could behave and sing with taste when he put his mind to it is clear from another release in this series, a 1964 broadcast of Verdi’s “Don Carlo.” Critic?s Notebook: Sony Classical Releases 4 New Historic Met Opera CDs 2012-01-21T01:25:23Z The single dose of beautiful, charismatic vocalism came from Ms. Netrebko, whose repertory has daringly shifted to Verdi’s heavier roles of late. ‘Il Trovatore’ and ‘Fierrabras’ at Salzburg Festival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Still, he sings with a tenor's tone, and his performance as Verdi's tortured Doge is far from definitive: in fact, it turns some aspects of the role on its head. Simon Boccanegra 2010-06-30T11:54:00Z In the midst of his health struggles, Mr. Domingo, one of the 20th century’s most distinguished tenors, reinvented himself as a Verdi baritone, a very different beast. Review: James Levine and Plácido Domingo, Storming the Met Anew 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Several companies are partners in this production, including the Metropolitan Opera, which is a lucky thing for Verdi fans in the New York area. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z As if that weren't its only problem, La Scala is also being criticized for choosing to open its season with Wagner rather than Verdi, a local hero. ArtsBeat: Not a Gala Night as La Scala Scrambles to Replace Star 2012-12-07T17:30:16Z With Tavener and Verdi, non-Protestant music and liturgy were included for the first time in a royal or state funeral; and all three works evoke a solemnity and majesty both timely and timeless. What Music to Expect at Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z The celebrated German director Christian Räth’s new production of Verdi’s opera — a straight adaptation of Shakespeare’s play — updates the action to a fictional future, and features a chorus dressed like characters from Star Trek. What's on This Week Around the World 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z They explode a few myths, such as the one about Verdi's music being at the centre of the Risorgimento – this one comes from Mussolini's propaganda, apparently. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z After he led his first opera as music director, a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Anthony Tommasini wrote in the Times, “I expected his ‘Traviata’ to be good, but not this good.” The 10 Biggest Upheavals of Lincoln Center’s Tumultuous Year 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Then Mr. Tang led a lively account of the ballet music that Verdi wrote for the 1865 Paris production of “Macbeth.” Belgrade Philharmonic Performs at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Verdi took some liberties when adapting Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” into an opera, making changes like expanding Shakespeare’s three witches into a full chorus of background singers. Performance Guide for Autumn 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The Met hopes to resume with a Verdi Requiem on Sept. 11 to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Met Opera strikes deal with chorus ahead of restart 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “Don Carlos” is Verdi’s longest opera at more than five hours uncut, with intermissions. Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z His physique is just right for the part, as are his powerful voice, flair for drama and feeling for the Verdi style. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z As part of its Summer Session series, which cleverly paired Berlioz and Mahler in an earlier iteration, LoftOpera stages selections from the music of Verdi. Classical & Opera Listings for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Early in 2019, the Met announced that its huge, old-fashioned staging of Verdi’s classic was in the midst of its final run; the 2020-21 season was to open with a new take. Review: The Met Opera’s Grand Old ‘Aida’ Isn’t Dead Yet 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The program also includes works by Schubert, Respighi and Verdi. A Concert Tour to Celebrate Europe’s Future 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Green both knows it by heart and detests it; he is black, but he is also a student of Verdi and Mahler. How a Man Defied a Rough Childhood to Rise to Opera Stardom 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Bartlett Sher must have logged over a mile inside the Metropolitan Opera as a rehearsal for his staging of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” unfolded in fits and starts on a recent morning. The Met Opera Spirits ‘Rigoletto’ to ‘Babylon Berlin’ 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z "One of my role models is Giuseppe Verdi, who wrote his last opera, Falstaff, when I think he was 88," he said. Terrence McNally ready for a break after long year 2010-04-02T13:35:00Z On Thursday night, he was on the podium for an all-Balanchine program, and across a wide range of music — Verdi, Hindemith, Tchaikovsky — the orchestra sounded newly vivid and awake. Review: City Ballet Celebrates Balanchine and Heeds Mother Nature 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Paris, when Verdi went there in 1866 with his nearly finished score, was Europe’s cultural capital, and required the longest, grandest operas. ‘Don Carlo’ or ‘Don Carlos’? Verdi Comes to the Met in French 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z “I look forward to returning to the Met in February for our new production of Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos.’” Nézet-Séguin to take 4 weeks off from conducting 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z They include the bicentenaries of Wagner and Verdi and and the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth. Barenboim heads up RPS nominations 2014-04-15T16:04:04Z We talked about books we had just read — we both loved "Educated" — and we both loved opera, particularly Verdi and Puccini, and certain country music. A love affair in life's last act 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z The situation is similar at the Met in Verdi’s “Don Carlos,” in which Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the orchestra’s grand, spacious conception of the score is more charismatic than many of the voices. When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z In 1887, in what is for me the greatest of all transformations of Shakespeare into opera, Verdi miraculously captured the music of “Othello.” ‘To Be or Not to Be’: Is It the Question or the Point? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z Although the standard finale has its merits, too, one welcomed the chance to hear Verdi's final thoughts on the matter, and they made eminently good sense in this context. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z At age 35 — still a virtual baby by Verdi baritone standards — Kelsey is adding new roles, carefully. Hawaiian Baritone Making His Mark in Verdi 2013-11-25T16:28:51Z He has had steady work since, to say the least, mostly with Verdi’s baritone roles with what one critic called “a lavishly upholstered voice, dark and velvety and simply enormous.” A Busy Baritone Gets Ready for a New ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Like many buffs, I’ve heard Italian singers flounder through Verdi and German singers bark through Wagner. Music Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ at the English National Opera 2012-06-25T22:16:47Z Visible behind him was an antique poster advertising a Paris-Wales train route, and another for a production of Verdi’s “Falstaff” in Milan, in which he played the jovial title role. Bryn Terfel Returns to the Metropolitan Opera. (Sort Of.) 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z She was a founder of the American Institute for Verdi Studies, a research center at New York University. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Biographer of Verdi and Puccini, Dies at 86 2013-01-27T03:13:09Z Opera plays its Trump card: yes, the president is showing up in Verdi. Perspective | Women give voice to a male canon. It happens to be ancient Greek. 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z A terra-cotta facade is relatively new, topped by statues of Mozart, Verdi and, at the pinnacle, Wagner. Review: ‘Tristan und Isolde’ Brings Thunder to the Longborough Festival 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z I don't just mean the pleasure the reader gets from reading about Wagner's vanity; I also mean Conrad's relish in describing it, and then contrasting it with Verdi's almost saintly modesty. Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review 2013-02-19T12:10:12Z Using the same orchestration as Beethoven’s Ninth, minus its four vocal soloists, “Pachamama” is big, and deploys the emotive force of the “Dies Irae” from Verdi’s Requiem. Review: Two Years Later, a Beethoven Cycle Reaches Its Finale 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z "Montpellier on strike today, all of us on strike tomorrow," read a banner outside Paris Opera Bastille this weekend, where protesters delayed the start of the Verdi opera "La Traviata." Disgruntled performers threaten French summer festivals 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z The festival, classical music’s most storied annual event, will stage two operas based on works by William Shakespeare: “Macbeth” and “Falstaff,” both by Verdi. Amid Global Turmoil, Salzburg Festival Plans a Summer of Reflection 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Like Bellini and Donizetti, Nicolai thoroughly assimilated the musical structures inherited from Rossini and brought to them a compelling melodic gift, but he also reveled in the kind of raw confrontations associated with early Verdi. Opera Review: Caught Between Two Men 2011-02-15T12:00:07Z Two men dance with ardent, springy folk steps to the music of Verdi, hero of the Risorgimento, until they are scattered by the bullying tattoo of four military drummers. Hofesh Shechter Company 2010-05-23T20:29:00Z Saturday programming recognizing the 20th anniversary of 9/11 includes this special episode of PBS’s “Great Performances,” which features Verdi’s “Requiem.” What’s on TV This Week: 9/11 Specials and ‘American Crime Story’ 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z “I think of composers I love — whether Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ or Beethoven’s scherzos, or even those weird moments in Mahler where there’s humor,” Adams said. A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Verdi is brought, with exuberance and intelligence, into our time. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z They will include three by Giuseppe Verdi to celebrate the 200th birthday of the composer, born in 1813. Crisis forces Italy's La Scala to cut back on productions 2013-05-23T16:37:22Z “I wanted to see with my own eyes what Verdi wrote down to try to be as close as possible to what he wanted,” he said. A Busy Baritone Gets Ready for a New ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Wagner was then at the peak of his influence and prestige, while Verdi survived chiefly by means of a handful of stubbornly popular repertory pieces. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z In 1955, she played Oscar in the performance of Verdi’s “A Masked Ball” in which Marian Anderson, the acclaimed African American contralto, made her long-delayed debut at the Met. Roberta Peters, reigning soprano of Metropolitan Opera and on TV, dies at 86 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Will we say the same after 2013's monster anniversary triumvirate of Wagner, Verdi and Britten? The best classical music of 2012: Fiona Maddocks's choice 2012-12-15T20:00:02Z He sang the stormy “Cortigiani” aria from Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” and the distinctive dark colorings of his sound and his communicative intensity came through in a valiant performance. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z THE short life and violent death of Alessandro de’ Medici, duke of Florence, is like the plot of a Verdi opera. A dark duke 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He believes early Verdi operas often are played like late Verdi operas; in the process, the delicate bel canto style of the early works is replaced by a kind of verismo bluntness. The maestro tackles a masterpiece: Muti discusses his CSO 'Otello' 2011-04-06T15:44:00Z He was well aware of the story of Verdi, whose masterpiece "Falstaff" premiered when the composer was 80. Final Sendak book a tribute to his brother 2013-02-04T12:39:13Z Since the glory days of Verdi and Puccini, many have tried to package opera for the masses. 2010-02-06T03:26:00Z He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1963 in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” the first of 400 performances that spanned 21 seasons and included the Met’s inaugural performance at Lincoln Center in 1966. In second Honors this year, Kennedy Center to recognize Joni Mitchell, Bette Midler, Lorne Michaels, Berry Gordy and Justino Díaz 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z But he reached his peak in his Verdi performances. Cornell MacNeil, Verdi Baritone at the Met, Dies at 88 2011-07-18T03:30:33Z Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian Verdi and Britten both considered writing operas based on King Lear, but eventually abandoned their plans. Promised End 2010-10-10T20:31:00Z The Verdi songs are not well-known, and for his German set Brownlee offered five songs by Joseph Marx, who was active in the first half of the 20th century. American tenor shows skill and soul in D.C. recital "There are moments in Attila where the music is as beautiful as anything Verdi ever wrote." Seattle Opera's 'Attila' a timely tale of warfare 2012-01-04T23:09:03Z Not “King Lear,” which had tantalized Verdi for years. Music Review: Finding High Spirits in Shakespeare 2011-05-09T21:42:29Z But director Gabriele Lavia tries to make the case for Verdi's early opera as a case study in oppression and rebellion through the ages by placing each act in a different historical period. 'Nixon' headlines SF Opera's summer season 2012-06-15T18:03:09Z The larger-than-life theatricality and emotionalism of Puccini and Verdi don’t exactly lend themselves to clarifying complex, precise ideas. Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z “Hamlet” is a musical challenge before which even Giuseppe Verdi hesitated. ‘To Be or Not to Be’: Is It the Question or the Point? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z She next spent two years in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Center for American Artists, forging a strong relationship with the company, where her many leading roles have most often included Violetta in Verdi’s “Traviata.” Elizabeth Futral at Lincoln Center Festival and Glimmerglass 2012-07-18T21:49:41Z Also showing this season in Zurich - Verdi's "I Masnadieri" and Puccini's "Girl of the Golden West." Review:"Williams Tell" celebrates all things Swiss 2010-12-10T12:08:00Z One of the high points of his opera career was a production of Verdi’s “Aida” at Milan’s La Scala in 2006, which won more than 15 minutes of applause on opening night. Crowds gather in Florence for farewell to Franco Zeffirelli 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In the title role of Barrie Kosky’s staging of Verdi’s “Falstaff,” Christopher Purves was also different than the norm, at least at the start. A Festival Has a Monumental Premiere (and Some Other Operas, Too) 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Advertisement “Il Trovatore” What seemed at first like it would be just another revival of this Verdi favorite became instead a powerful story of personal courage and artistic dedication. The Best Classical Music of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z He hosted Saturday evening musical gatherings that attracted the likes of Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Verdi. The Puzzle of Rossini?s Brief Career 2011-07-03T02:00:06Z Verdi did not want to portray black-and-white characters. Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z Also on view through July 8 are a musically rousing rendition of Verdi's "Attila," and a visually captivating take on Mozart's "The Magic Flute." 'Nixon' headlines SF Opera's summer season 2012-06-15T18:03:09Z You conducted Mahler’s Second Symphony and Verdi’s Requiem at the Met before the season began. After a Punishing Sprint, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Can Celebrate 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z That sense of portraying a moment in history — no matter how fictionalized Schiller and Verdi and his librettist made it — is part of the excitement for both singers. The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Opera buffs waiting for Ms. Fleming to sing Puccini heroines or Verdi’s Leonora will probably wait in vain. The Week Ahead: Jan. 9 ? 15 2011-01-07T17:43:18Z The pianist Denis Matsuev dazzled with jazz encores and Plácido Domingo took the podium well after midnight to lead a Verdi overture. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Iolanta’ at the New Mariinsky II in Russia 2013-05-05T19:20:13Z A selection of songs by Verdi and Rossini made the most of Simone Osborne’s keen dramatic instinct. Music in Review: Marilyn Horne’s Protégés in ‘The Song Continues’ 2013-01-21T22:56:40Z Amusingly, he changed the locale from Brest to Parma, the region in which Verdi lived all his life. 2010-02-03T04:38:00Z Marina Poplavskaya's passionate Amelia is another rung on her development into a leading Verdi soprano. Simon Boccanegra 2010-06-30T11:54:00Z One page, she said, included the scribblings of “an aged Verdi inscribing a passage from the Gospel.” 5,000 Pages of Verdi’s Drafts, Long Hidden, Will Be Made Public 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z That, caro Maestro Verdi, is true about your Art: it is more alive and more needed than ever. Maestro Verdi, your Art must not die 2013-05-03T16:00:01Z He didn’t have to teach the chorus Ukraine’s anthem, which they also sang before Verdi’s “Don Carlos” on Feb. 28, the night Buialsky made his Met debut as a Flemish Deputy. Metropolitan Opera holds special benefit concert for Ukraine 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The choral ensembles were stirring and effective, especially those for the women portraying Verdi’s witches, depicted in this staging as like a sisterhood of frumpily dressed yet menacing bag ladies. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The programme includes works by Verdi, Wagner, Mozart and Puccini, and the premiere of a new piece by Tan Dun. Tonight's TV highlights: Placido Domingo Gala 2011-03-18T00:05:00Z However aristocratic and privileged opera's historical pedigree might be, there is nothing in Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, or Puccini's works that has to tie them exclusively to the social conditions in which they were created. Love opera. Don't fall into the trappings trap 2010-05-27T21:00:00Z At a press launch for the new season, one reporter challenged the institution over the programme, noting that almost half of the performances stemmed from three composers - Verdi, Puccini and Rossini. Woolf ballet set for Royal Opera 2014-03-31T13:18:38Z “Pardon my bad French,” Verdi wrote, in 1855, to the head of the Paris Opera. Music Review: Verdi’s ‘Les Vêpres Siciliennes’: How Paris Helped Him Soar 2013-07-07T21:44:22Z The Royal Opera marks this year's Verdi bicentenary with new productions of two of his lesser-seen stage works. This week's new live music 2013-03-30T06:00:13Z Each year Beecham House puts on a gala concert on Verdi's birthday to which they all contribute in various ways. Quartet – review 2013-01-06T00:08:41Z Now it exists in more versions than any of Verdi’s other works. Review: A Starry ‘Don Carlos’ Brings Verdi, in French, to Paris 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Violetta is the sole fully developed character with agency: “Verdi wants us to feel a great sympathy for her.” New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Radvanovsky, a house favorite who won the Met’s National Council Auditions in 1995 and was in its Lindemann Young Artist Development program, was mostly thought of as a Verdi and Puccini soprano. Sondra Radvanovsky, Opera Royalty, Takes On Donizetti’s Triple Crown 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z And opera lovers, especially those wary of updating, should not miss this inspired production of Verdi’s final opera. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z And Joseph Colaneri, in the pit, showed a fine grasp of Verdi. Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z And a sense of occasion is what the Verdi Requiem demands. Music Review: Tanglewood Welcomes Late Substitutes for Verdi’s Requiem 2013-07-28T19:39:40Z On this disc she has assembled some of her favorite Italian roles from the bel canto, verismo and Verdi repertory. Classical Playlist: David Lang, 'Fiamma del Belcanto' and More 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z The Verdi bicentenary is badly served at this year's . Prom 12: Academy of Santa Cecilia/Pappano – review 2013-07-21T13:08:06Z One gentleman plays the piano softly, including snippets of “Falstaff” and tunes from other Verdi operas. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z So it is not surprising that when Verdi wrote “Falstaff,” based on ’s “Merry Wives of Windsor,” Nicolai’s took second place to it. Opera Review: Caught Between Two Men 2011-02-15T12:00:07Z The challenge for 2013 will be to dodge, as often as possible, the advancing juggernaut centenaries of Wagner, Verdi and Britten. Dido and Aeneas; Aurora Percussion Duo, Bartosz Glowacki; Alina Ibragimova & Cédric Tiberghien – review 2013-01-13T00:06:16Z The only rarity — Verdi’s “Due Foscari” — has clearly been scheduled only because of the involvement of the company’s general director, Plácido Domingo, who will sing the baritone role of the Doge. Critic’s Notebook: U.S. Opera Companies, Notably in Seattle, Face Money Trouble 2012-08-08T22:30:39Z Iago still pulls the strings, but has none of the dark charisma of Verdi’s villain. Review: The Desdemona in This ‘Otello’ Spits Fire 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z I will do Italian masters such as Puccini and Verdi. Royal Opera’s Next Leader Keeps Quality in Mind and Home in His Heart 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z With his dark-hued voice and formidable technique he now apparently can sing Wagner, Verdi, Puccini and French opera with equal flair. New cast enlivens Met's reviled 'Tosca' 2010-04-15T07:00:00Z “The Verdi baritone is not something to be trifled with,” he said. Hawaiian Baritone Making His Mark in Verdi 2013-11-25T16:28:51Z His voice was captured on numerous recordings, including one of every major Verdi operatic aria, which was made in 1976. Operatic tenor Bergonzi dies aged 90 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The Salzburg Festival in Austria, however, said Tuesday that Domingo would appear as scheduled in performances of Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” — in which he takes another baritone role — on Aug. 25 and 31. In wake of harassment allegations against Plácido Domingo, companies step back 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Her bright, strong voice filled Verdi’s lines and penetrated the orchestra without forcing. 2010-01-12T23:25:00Z It is the last opera Verdi wrote for the public. The maestro tackles a masterpiece: Muti discusses his CSO 'Otello' 2011-04-06T15:44:00Z Spanish subtitles translated the Italian of Verdi's dark masterpiece, which recounts a deadly rivalry between two long-lost brothers that results in infanticide and, yes, a climactic suicide. Opera broadcasts build Latin American audiences 2011-05-26T18:04:09Z He was referring to Verdi’s penultimate work, which ranks alongside Wagner’s “Tristan” as one of the most challenging tenor roles in the repertory. Mezzo Dolora Zajick possesses enthusiasm as big as her voice 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z There will also be a number of Shakespeare-inspired classical music performances of works by Verdi, Berlioz and others. Edinburgh Festival to Feature Shakespeare and a 'Menagerie' Return 1462-02-28T05:00:00Z It goes on to thank him for cutting through the church bureaucracy to arrange to have Mahler and Verdi played at Robert Kennedy's memorial Mass. Bernstein in letters - gifted, gay and loved by his wife 2014-04-11T08:08:07Z The mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, fresh from her performance on Friday as Meg Page in Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Metropolitan Opera, brought rich sound and coolly seductive allure to the songs in which Zefka appears. Review: A Tenor Offers a Subtle Model of Adventurousness 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z In the Verdi biography, for instance, she conjured her subject’s life from her years of sifting through records in libraries, church registries, provincial town halls and family archives. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Biographer of Verdi and Puccini, Dies at 86 2013-01-27T03:13:09Z We must not forget that Verdi was from Emilia-Romagna, where there’s a very special taste for life, very powerful, very bloody. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z Many opera enthusiasts consider her an exemplary Verdi soprano. The Week Ahead: Jan. 9 ? 15 2011-01-07T17:43:18Z And where have the Schuberts, Mozarts and Verdis gone? Bryn Terfel: 'I'd like to sing Citizen Kane' 2012-06-26T17:40:14Z Witness her “Miserere” from Act IV of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” in which she attempts to free her lover from imprisonment with tidal rushes of sound. Anna Netrebko May Be Extra, but That’s Why We Love Her 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z He knew just how handle the skittish, sensitive Verdi: with an adroit combination of candor and flattery. The Secret of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ and ‘Falstaff’? His Publisher 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z And after more than a decade dotted by acclaimed concert versions of his beloved Verdi in Chicago, this is his last opera with this superb orchestra. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The familiar themes of Verdi are there, with the focus on the complicated relationships between fathers and sons. Domingo in Verdi rarity `I Due Foscari' in LA 2012-09-16T17:51:10Z But even in her big Verdi and Wagner roles she sings with vocal ease and no trace of forcing. Review: Stephanie Blythe at Carnegie Hall 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z "While I'm no atheist, I'm certainly not much of a believer," Verdi once remarked. Philharmonia/Gatti – review 2013-04-21T15:09:37Z At this early point in her career, she lacks those melting high pianissimos Verdi often calls for, and her lower register is weak, but overall her singing left a favorable impression. Youth and experience at Met in Verdi's 'Trovatore' 2012-09-30T13:17:10Z This impressive Serbian artist is not a classic Italianate Verdi baritone with a warm, robust voice. Music Review: Bold ?Trovatore,? Inspired by Goya 2010-10-27T23:23:00Z For New Year’s Eve in 2010, the Met opened a new production of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” a bold, surreal modern staging by Willy Decker that is currently back at the house. Susan Stroman’s ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Met 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z It’s a scene that foreshadows Verdi and verismo, a moment of pure righteous passion, of the moral force of sacred justice—and what Mozart and Da Ponte top it with is dramatic and moral shock. The Revelations of “Don Giovanni” at the Met 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Verdi composed “Macbeth” in 1847, a tumultuous time in Europe, and included a scene in which Scottish refugees sing of their oppressed homeland. Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z Yet curiously, his set lurched in fits and starts, each rousing Verdi or Puccini aria dispatched with evident concentration and sincerity, followed by awkward inertia until the next selection commenced. Music Review: Star Tenor Starts a Tour, Minus the Muppets 2010-12-03T17:16:00Z He made his debut leading Verdi’s “Ernani,” then moved to Warsaw. The Conductor Who Whipped American Orchestras Into Shape 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The recording includes bonus tracks from “McCracken on Stage,” an aria album that shows this important tenor, who died in 1988, was not just in his element in Wagner, but bending phrases sensitively in Verdi. Classical Playlist: Gluck, Jonathan Biss, Morton Feldman and More 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z But worries about his health vanished on Friday as Mr. Muti, looking calm, fit and rather self-satisfied, conducted an emphatic and insightful account of this challenging Verdi , drawing incisive and beautiful playing from the orchestra. Music Review: Verdi, Nuanced and Empowered 2011-04-17T22:57:15Z That strikes him as both a waste of time and unfaithful to Verdi’s intent. Teodor Currentzis Brings His Intense Verdi to New York 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z This summer, Mr. Domingo plans to return to the Salzburg Festival to appear in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” an opera in which he used to memorably sing the title role of the heroic troubadour, Manrico. Plácido Domingo Defies the Gravity of Age 2014-03-07T15:00:03Z He smiled when I asked him whether "Otello" is his favorite Verdi stage work. The maestro tackles a masterpiece: Muti discusses his CSO 'Otello' 2011-04-06T15:44:00Z Or because of the opening scene of Verdi’s “Masked Ball” in Barcelona, with its gang of political conspirators sitting on toilets in a grimy men’s room. Calixto Bieito Directs Williams?s ?Camino Real? in Chicago 2012-03-02T18:30:03Z But the dynamic duo of 19th-century opera, Verdi and Wagner, aimed high. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z They are almost always performed as the Italian revisions by Verdi. NY's Caramoor festival to present Verdi rarities 2013-01-10T00:49:08Z “Verdi is strongest when we respect the text very much, when we respect the music, when we respect the drama,” Mr. Nézet-Séguin said. ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Metropolitan Opera 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Verdi and Glass both re-imagined an ancient Egypt suited to the composers’ own times. Akhnaten as you've never seen him: How L.A. Opera delivers Philip Glass' Egyptian Pharaoh tale 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z In his review of “Don Carlo” for The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini noted that hers was not a “classic Verdi voice.” Want to Be a Star? Take Your Lumps 2010-12-26T02:24:10Z “It’s something that I love. You like to think that Verdi, Puccini, Wagner will still be around 100 years from now for people to enjoy, the way it is now.” Met’s Labor Woes Divide Opera Fans as Well as Participants 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z But this trio offers inspired Verdi, with impassioned melodic lines entwined atop a grimly restrained orchestral accompaniment. Music Review: Angela Meade in ?Ernani? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-04T00:43:41Z The Mahler, however stirring, had inevitably diffused a bit in the open air; Verdi’s music, though, filled the theater and bloomed, accumulating rather than dissolving. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Bartoletti’s work with Lyric spanned most of its history, an affiliation bracketed by operas of Verdi. Bruno Bartoletti, Maestro Who Shaped Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dies at 86 2013-06-14T02:00:47Z Opera fans could probably identify the composer — Giuseppe Verdi — but they might have had trouble placing the tune. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z Bellini was one of the great pathbreakers of Italian opera, and had he not died at 33, he could well have left a legacy worthy of Verdi. Review | Silly humor of dated plot underlines joy of opera 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z “La traviata” is not only Verdi’s most popular work — last season, according to Operabase, an online database for the industry, it easily outranked other favorites as the most-performed opera around the globe. New take on old favorite: ‘La traviata’ at Seattle Opera 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Most of Verdi’s “Aida” is focused on intensely dramatic scenes for only one, two or three singers at a time. Crowds Define Opera. They’re Also Keeping It From Returning. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z And last week he flew here for a one-night shoot, the day after singing in Verdi’s “I Due Foscari” at Teatro Real in Madrid, where he sang the role of the Doge of Venice. Not Even Plácido Domingo Can Say No to ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Those two operas, along with Verdi’s Shakespearean tragedy “Macbeth” and Bernstein’s musical comedy “Candide,” make up this summer’s repertory at the Glimmerglass Festival. At Glimmerglass Festival, ‘The Magic Flute’ Is Among the Reimagined 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z In the great operas of Verdi, Puccini, Strauss and Wagner, Ms. Harteros is as good — as powerful yet lyrical in her singing, as sensitive in her acting — as anyone in the world. What’s Keeping One of Opera’s Greatest Sopranos From Singing? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Its plot hangs together no more creakily than, say, Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.” ‘Euryanthe,’ Rarely Heard, Is Mounted at Bard 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z On Saturday, we were faced with a tenor still sounding like a tenor in a baritone role, although Verdi is of some help here; the part lies mostly high in the baritone range. With Plácido Domingo and L.A. Opera, 'Nabucco' still has the power to provoke 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z First the Met asked if she would replace Marina Poplavskaya in a series of performances of Verdi’s “La Traviata” in January. The Soprano Sonya Yoncheva Is Poised for Stardom 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The soprano from Santa Monica was in his Verdi Requiem and the Mahler Eighth Symphony performances, and she starred in his performance of “I Pagliacci” at the Bowl two years ago. Puccini extreme: Dudamel's gloriously pessimistic 'Tosca' an indictment on the appeal of fascism 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z She had been too busy appearing at San Francisco Opera’s centennial concert, rushing to Munich to sing Desdemona in Verdi’s “Otello” and flying to Santa Fe to star in Dvorak’s “Rusalka.” The Soprano Ailyn Pérez Doesn’t Feel Like a Beginner Anymore 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z She accompanied, as a pianist, a famous performance of Verdi's Requiem. Terez?n: music from a Nazi ghetto 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z "I've been listening to a lot of Verdi lately," he says. Top scorer 2011-07-05T07:54:08Z The place came to be known as Casa Verdi and is still operating, which would surely gratify him. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z For some reason, he has been tagged by the Met as a Verdi specialist. Review: The Met Opera’s Grand Old ‘Aida’ Isn’t Dead Yet 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z “We’re not. But at least these moments — this Verdi, this ‘Fire’ and now this ‘Eurydice’ — are helping everyone focus on what matters to us and how we can function together. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Is New York’s Conductor Now 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z In it, shots of trees and flowers in bloom, along with glimpses of TV news disaster footage, are set to the grand choral tones of Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” to seriously unnerving effect. The Avant-Garde Filmmaker Who Tried to Tell the Truth 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z He visited Casa Verdi and, naturally, found the residents full of stories about their old days in opera. Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z He will also conduct Dvorak, Debussy, Ravel, the premiere of “The Brightness of Light” and a performance of the Verdi Requiem, among other programs. A Tanglewood Summer of Bach, Wagner and Renée Fleming 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Bach, Dvorak and Verdi all wrote musical settings for it. Frederick Douglass, July 4th, and remembering Babylon in America 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z With a prudent effort to put a little extra money in the bank before beginning new adventures, the company has begun season by remounting an old production of Verdi's most popular opera, "La Traviata." L.A. Opera opens season with flat, clumsy 'La Traviata' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z If Verdi or Donizetti had set the same libretto, the opera would have lasted for days. Strauss's Intermezzo: Scottish Opera whip up a perfect storm in a teacup 2011-03-24T22:30:01Z Long a rarity, “Don Carlo” has in recent decades established itself among the most indispensable of Verdi’s creations. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z The hotel attracted many famous guests, including Giuseppe Verdi and Marcel Proust. A Literary Leap to Give Tourists Pause 2010-06-18T16:17:00Z The Met did not immediately announce a replacement for her in a revival of Verdi’s “Don Carlo” next season. Anna Netrebko, Russian Diva, Is Out at the Metropolitan Opera 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Michael Mayer’s neon extravagance of a production, setting Verdi’s opera in 1960s Las Vegas, returns to the stage, with the next performance at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. 10 Things to Do Now in NYC 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z But Verdi isn’t the only big name in town this year. In Transit Blog: Prague Music Festival Season Continues With Verdi and More 2011-08-12T10:00:12Z Ms. Fleming, for whom Desdemona in Verdi’s “Otello” was once a signature role, gave an eloquent account of the “Ave Maria,” a kind of benediction over the gala. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z An incomparable Verdi soprano, Ms. Price especially owned the role of Aida. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z Villazón discusses six of his favourite Verdi pieces with his peers in a terrific contribution to Verdi's bicentenary. TV highlights – 10/05/2013 2013-05-10T05:59:01Z But rather than belabor plot similarities or inconsistencies, it is worth viewing this as an opportunity to see two late masterpieces of a great composer, like back-to-back performances of Verdi’s “Otello” and “Falstaff.” Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z “I wanted to tell Verdi’s story as completely as I could.” ‘Rigoletto,’ in Rat Pack-Style, at the Met 2013-01-23T13:00:00Z In 1988, Mr. Allen had to fill airtime after the commotion when a patron jumped to his death from the balcony during an intermission in Verdi’s “Macbeth,” based on the Shakespeare play. Peter Allen, stalwart host of the Metropolitan Opera’s radio broadcasts, dies at 96 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Aside from all the delightful neighborhood stores, including a pastry shop, a Mexican deli, and several tiny boutiques and cafés, this road is also home to every ex-pat’s favorite: “Cine Verdi,” an English-language movie theater. The Best Secret Streets Around the World 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Since then he has grown in this most demanding of all Verdi tenor roles, although moments of constriction remain even when he is giving it all he has. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z Indeed, the only real highlight of the performance was a single note: Ms. Lewis ended that Triumphal Scene with a high E flat, an octave above what Verdi wrote. Review: ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Deep in Verdi’s opera “Don Carlo,” an impassioned solo cello line embroiders a bass aria with a vein of feeling. A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z A Verdi Requiem marks the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Met Opera skips this season, 1st Black composer opens ’21-22 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z There is also so much subtlety in the scoring, as in all early Verdi. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z Each critic was asked to name five favorite recordings of any works by Verdi, not just the operas. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z Verdi, Ms. Phillips-Matz’s biography explains, was a man of outsize moods and corresponding actions. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Biographer of Verdi and Puccini, Dies at 86 2013-01-27T03:13:09Z It's a nervousness that would have baffled or irritated Verdi, Wagner or Puccini, but Britten, in 1945, wasn't alone in feeling it. A History of Opera by Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker – review 2012-12-13T07:53:01Z Verdi can establish a unique dramatic mood in an instant, and one that only works for that particular opera. ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z Oren, more interested in small gestures than gleaming sound, begins the first scene with bumptious brasses and a breakneck tempo that make the room spin, spelling disaster for Verdi’s hard-partying demimondaine. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z During the crucial scene when she and Simon discover they are daughter and father, however, Verdi imagined a contrast between soprano and baritone voices. Review: Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Cornell MacNeil, one of the great postwar American baritones, best known for his roles in Verdi operas, died on Friday in Charlottesville, Va. He was 88. Cornell MacNeil, Verdi Baritone at the Met, Dies at 88 2011-07-18T03:30:33Z Here it offered five selections from Verdi operas, contrasting the rough-edged surroundings with vocal and visual glamour. Review: LoftOpera, Finding Glamour Amid the Gritty, Performs Verdi 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z But he lamented that a dark, abstract, violent production of Verdi’s “Aida” that he did in London failed to catch on. Hollywood? Nope. The Met Will Do for David McVicar. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s not just the chestnuts of Puccini and Verdi that are capable of speaking to a broad audience. A Trio of Dangerous Women in a Met Opera Week to Remember 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Still, he sounded like a tenor, not a baritone with the particular colorings and weight that Verdi imagined. Review: Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z He worked carefully at building repertory, keeping it light with elegant bel canto roles and lyrical Verdi, Massenet and Gounod. The Great Tenor Hope (Just Ask Him) 2010-10-14T16:47:00Z Artists are not always the best judges of their own works; Verdi thought that his magnificent Requiem was unlikely to make history on the music’s merit alone. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z The Met will be releasing a special boxed set of historic Verdi recordings on CD in honor of the composer’s bicentennial. Wearing a Wire at the Opera, Secretly, of Course 2013-06-28T19:47:55Z On a recent afternoon, Perez was preparing to catch another opera, Verdi's "Il Trovatore," but without the bus and train rides. Opera broadcasts build Latin American audiences 2011-05-26T18:04:09Z On Friday, though, their Verdi and Respighi is not the main attraction: That billing goes to Martha Argerich, the elusive pianist, who makes a rare appearance to play Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Gobbato, who was born in Milan, compares rural South Africa to the Europe of Verdi and Wagner, “where people had to shout to each other across the fields.” Pretty Yende, a Soprano From South Africa 2013-02-01T22:37:34Z And in no repertory is that kind of polished facelessness as great a liability as it is in Verdi. Stephen Costello and Tamara Wilson Show Opposing Approaches 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Dancing to Deathbed, Traditionally It was very rare and a little strange for so much to be riding on a performance of a Verdi mainstay like “La Traviata.” Music Review: City Opera Returns With Jonathan Miller?s ?Traviata? 2012-02-13T23:38:27Z But it’s a profound work; I think of it as Verdi’s “Hamlet.” 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2022 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles season will open with Verdi’s “La Traviata,” starring Plácido Domingo, the company’s general director, in the baritone role of Germont. ArtsBeat: Los Angeles Opera to Present ‘Figaro Trilogy’ 2014-01-14T22:00:17Z Verdi, responding to rumours that he was writing his autobiography, said, "I don't approve of this writing about one's life!" Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad – review 2013-02-19T12:10:12Z Verdi, Sibelius, Strauss, Mahler, the Impressionists ... everybody was influenced by 'Tristan.' Preview: Seattle Opera stages Wagner's influential 'Tristan und Isolde' 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s reigning prima donnas, recalled the skeptical reactions that greeted her decision to make a stab at singing the dark and demanding role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s “Macbeth.” After Anna Netrebko’s ‘Macbeth’ Triumph, ‘Norma’ is Next 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Vocally, Mr. Keenlyside is no beefy Verdi baritone, and there was occasional effort in his singing. Opera Review: A Winning, Cautious, ?Don Carlo? at the Met 2010-11-23T12:39:00Z But it’s much easier to dress up like Verdi than to learn the secrets of his craft. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z But the performance, which was rapturously received, was a powerful reminder of this singer’s total commitment, resilience, and expressive power, and of the fact that, in Russia, the Verdi tradition runs deep. The Metropolitan Opera Celebrates Itself 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z What she does see herself as these days is a Verdi singer. Russian Diva to Open Third Met Season in a Row 2013-09-16T14:39:33Z Speaking between rehearsals in the lead-up to the premiere, Kim outlined her plans, saying she would start by staging an opera by Verdi and one by Wagner, each season. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In recent years, the American soprano has become a noted Verdi specialist, a breed that seems to be all but extinct. Radvanovksy triumphs in Toronto "Aida" 2010-10-03T15:31:00Z They will include three by Giuseppe Verdi in honor of the bicentennial celebration of his birth on Oct. La Scala scales back on productions due to crisis 2013-05-23T14:28:12Z So this Boccanegra is not really what Verdi had in mind. Simon Boccanegra 2010-06-30T11:54:00Z Alsop’s Verdi was overcharged and not altogether idiomatic, lacking Verdian flow in the interest of trying to land points at big moments. Review | BSO, after choppy summer, embraces fate and voodoo in exuberant opener 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z A Verdi conductor has to be able to react in the moment to interpretive freedom. Music Review: In Revival of Verdi, a New Note of Drama 2010-03-30T21:48:00Z The night before, the two had performed in Barvikha, a town of villas and luxury boutiques near Moscow, singing works by Verdi and Puccini before an audience of wealthy Russians. The Netrebko Question 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Whatever he may think, he is not the only conductor who tries to do Verdi justice, but there is no question that he brings to these operas a gleaming, even fearsome clarity. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Verdi would never have got away with the scene had the opera been set in Europe. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z Last year he made his Met debut with "Attila," revealing how much fine music there is in this early Verdi rarity. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z On their recently released album, the Ottensamers hope to bring their practical experience to arrangements of even familiar works by Mozart and Verdi. When One Instrument Speaks in Three Voices 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z The outcome can only be tragic, but the music is middle-period Verdi at his most flowing and this cast delivered with real conviction. Il Trovatore - review 2011-02-27T18:03:39Z ‘DON CARLOS’ It has long been a favorite at the Met in Italian, with over 200 performances as “Don Carlo,” but the company has until now never done Verdi’s work in its expressive original French. Finally, a Lot of Classical Music and Opera to Hear This Season 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Thirty years ago, Nazi uniforms were a veritable cliche in works by Verdi and Wagner. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z In some ways, Verdi’s Requiem is not quite the right choice for commemorating 9/11. Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z That is the point where a tenor might let rip with a little Verdi. A Toothy Strongman Gets a Role at the Met Opera 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z The next year, appearing with dark makeup in a production of “Aida” at the Mariinsky, she wrote on Instagram, “Black Face and Black Body for Ethiopian princess, for Verdi greatest opera! YES!” The Netrebko Question 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z Verdi reluctantly agreed, and oversaw a number of revisions, as well as an Italian translation as “Don Carlo.” It’s the Highest-Profile Challenge of an Earnest Tenor’s Career 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In the case of the French tenor Benjamin Bernheim, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut on Thursday night as the Duke in Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” the recordings don’t do him justice. Review: At the Met Opera, a Tenor Arrives in ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Under the aegis of comic opera, Verdi and Wagner seem to have wandered together into a moonlit garden – the same garden where, disguised as the Countess, Mozart's Susanna once sang so alluringly. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z For her and Yulia Matochkina, a Russian mezzo-soprano, it’s a chance to delve into two of Verdi’s most complicated and fully realized female characters. The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Crowd scenes and spectacle were requisite for opera in Paris, and Verdi supplied them. Opera Review: A Winning, Cautious, ?Don Carlo? at the Met 2010-11-23T12:39:00Z Yet Conlon also had an unenviable job of digging as deeply as he might into the richness of Verdi’s score while still supporting singers who seemed especially needy. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The theatre was opened by renowned composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1857 and reopened, after extensive restoration, just over a year ago – 75 years after it suffered major damage during a second world war air raid. Inspired by Rimini: a tour of Fellini’s magical home town 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z But Mr. Andò flows ineffectually back and forth between the brothers, making elegant use of some Verdi but less so of Mr. Servillo. ‘Viva la Libertà,’ a Comedy Starring Toni Servillo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It just so happens that those performances were both of works by Verdi — the Requiem on Wednesday, and “Nabucco” on Thursday — whose bold, catchy, intensely emotive choruses are nearly a genre unto themselves. Back-to-Back Verdi Evenings Showcase the Met Opera Chorus 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z She points to Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” performed earlier this season at Seattle Opera. Seattle Opera may have the country’s only opera scholar in residence, helping make the art form more diverse and relevant 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z You leave a Muti rehearsal thinking that Verdi, at least in this work, was a great orchestrator after all, and that an immersion in the style holds rewards for instrumentalists no less than for singers. Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z “Without question, this is one of the more complicated works in standard repertory and particularly for Verdi.” Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Rarely performed outside Italy, Verdi's 1846 work is suddenly — well, not everywhere, but nevertheless a conspicuous presence on the American opera scene. Seattle Opera's 'Attila' a timely tale of warfare 2012-01-04T23:09:03Z While there are persuasive arguments to be made for each, Verdi is clearly more favored today; “La Traviata” was the most performed opera worldwide in the past five years. How ‘A Mad Love’ of Opera Has Played Out From 17th-Century Mantua to 21st-Century New York 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Studying new roles, he went religiously to primary sources, even beyond the score: Shakespeare for Verdi’s “Macbeth,” Goethe for “Faust,” Schiller for “Don Carlo.” Music: Standing Small, Singing Big, All Sulfur and Zest 2011-02-20T02:01:27Z This year is also the bicentennial of Verdi and Wagner, whose work will be heard in the new season. Seattle Opera’s 2013-14 season: light, dark and fantastical 2013-01-26T04:41:00Z One of Verdi’s greatest works is best known in its Italian translation as “Don Carlo,” but he originally wrote the opera’s music to a French libretto, “Don Carlos.” Review: A Starry ‘Don Carlos’ Brings Verdi, in French, to Paris 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z He has been surveying requiems with the Philadelphia Orchestra, including those of Mozart and Brahms, and he and the orchestra are to bring Verdi’s Requiem to Carnegie Hall in October. Music Review: Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Mostly Mozart Festival 2012-08-05T21:43:45Z He played a similar role last month, at the outset of the invasion, when the chorus and orchestra performed the anthem before a performance of Verdi’s “Don Carlos.” On a Stage 5,000 Miles Away, He Sings for His Family in Ukraine 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z She capped the Sleepwalking Scene with a note that has brought other dramatic sopranos to grief — a high D flat, sung with “a thread of voice” as Verdi instructed. Opera Review: Provocations at the Salzburg Festival 2011-08-16T11:30:19Z What would be an equivalent nightmare for an old singer at Casa Verdi? Critic’s Notebook: Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Salzburg Festival 2013-08-06T21:00:31Z Clashing chords in a tempest call to mind thunder and lightning in Verdi’s “Otello.” Jake Heggie Makes ?Moby-Dick? an Opera 2010-04-24T02:46:00Z Even a work as familiar as the Verdi Requiem, which he knows by heart, requires refreshing before a performance. Perspective | The secret life of a music director 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The 45-minute program of works by Terence Blanchard, Mozart and Verdi will be performed twice Sunday night before audiences of 150, which will include first responders and Met audience members selected by lottery. Silenced by pandemic, Met Opera to make brief return 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z She stalked her way through the snarling “Vieni, t’affretta” in a blazing, generous performance that bodes well for her gradual move into the great Verdi roles. ArtsBeat: Furs, Putin and Music and Ballet, Too, at New Mariinsky Theater Gala 2013-05-03T12:57:21Z “I do not perform a lot of opera” and “had never conducted” this Verdi staple, he wrote in a post earlier this month. Music Review: In Revival of Verdi, a New Note of Drama 2010-03-30T21:48:00Z The piece, with repeat performances Friday and next Sunday, takes the words of the two jurists and sets them to music inspired by, among others, Mozart, Verdi and Strauss. From ‘rage aria’ to ‘lovely duet,’ opera does justice to court, Ginsburg says 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Verdi's music has long brought out Muti's most eloquent musicianship and masterly control of the largest forces. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z Verdi's deep distrust of organised religion finds in Aida its most forceful expression. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z But, the problem was, Mr. Domingo indeed sounded like a tenor singing in a lower register, not a true Verdi baritone. Review: ‘Ernani,’ With Plácido Domingo, a Tussle to Hold on to a Love 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z He led a fresh, elegant and gripping account of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Yannick Nézet-Séguin Leads a Revelatory ‘Turandot’ 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Jenkins considers "Attila" a bridge between Verdi's early operas and his more naturally expressive later work. Seattle Opera's 'Attila' a timely tale of warfare 2012-01-04T23:09:03Z Inspired by the librettist Arrigo Boito’s breezy adaptation of Shakespeare’s comic verse, Verdi wrote music that responded minutely to the patterns and flow of the words. In Carsen’s ‘Falstaff’ at the Met, Verdi Through a Postwar Lens 2013-12-07T10:08:48Z In part the blame falls on Verdi and his librettists, who didn’t make it easy to create cohesive, compelling theater out of “Attila.” Music Review: Bernard Uzan, Director, Adds Context to Seattle?s ?Attila? 2012-01-26T22:27:32Z As with Wagner, Verdi has been as central to the history of recordings as he is to the history of music. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z A small but telling touch was his observance of the organ pedal tones Verdi asks for in the storm scene. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z The Met’s de facto house director these days, David McVicar, offered a grayly old-fashioned production of Verdi’s “Don Carlos.” At the Met This Season, Opera Was Icing on the Cake 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z In the recently introduced production of Verdi’s “Traviata,” for example, a floral backdrop is meant to descend slowly, over roughly nine minutes, but the Met’s motors were incapable of such a controlled fall. Metropolitan Opera Embarks on $60 Million Renovation 2012-12-05T23:10:28Z Verdi, who failed to travel to Cairo to attend the premiere, described ancient Egypt as possessing "a grandeur and a civilisation I could never bring myself to admire". David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z That was important in the two Berlioz works, with their delicate subtleties of scoring, but no less so in the Verdi opera. Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z There is also a chorus singing Verdi, two original operas, Flamenco dancers and contemporary bluegrass. Spoleto Festival USA announces its 2013 season 2012-12-09T14:01:31Z When the company scrapped that production to save money, he was offered the Verdi work instead. New conductor rescues the Met's 'Traviata' 2010-04-04T16:16:00Z A dreamlike semistaged version of Verdi’s “Requiem,” featuring masked performers, a giant liturgical incense bottle that swings from the ceiling, and a cast member who floats above the stage will appear in late January. Concerts and Dance Tuned to the Season: Global Arts Guide 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z To opera devotees who on principle believe that productions of a cornerstone work should be true to the original setting, I say get thee to Verdi’s “Falstaff” at the Metropolitan Opera. Review: Ambrogio Maestri Returns for Another Round as ‘Falstaff’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z Verdi is all about big emotions and big voices. Review | An ‘Aida’ that aspires to give street cred to grandiosity 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z It is radical in its reworking of Verdi's original, with extensive cuts, no interval and almost no scenery except red curtains and a chair. Eugene Onegin; La traviata – review 2013-02-10T00:06:16Z Verdi's Otello and Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur stand in stark contrast, one a drama of circumstance, the other a tragedy of existence. Otello; The Minotaur – review 2013-01-20T00:07:21Z The Met drops the opening woodcutters — among the sections jettisoned by Verdi to shorten run time — and the ballet La Pérégrina. Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Granted, this Met season has been unusually narrow: In 2015-16, 71 percent of performances have been of operas by Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti or Rossini. The Met Opera Is Struggling. How Can It Fill Those Empty Seats? 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The first is preparations for the annual Verdi gala, on whose fundraising Beecham House depends for its very survival. Review: 'Quartet' has a winning, classy charm 2013-01-08T14:37:08Z Mozart used a solo trombone; Verdi essentially imported brass fanfares from “Aida.” A Requiem So Big That Performing It Takes a Multitude 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z Operas range from Rossini and Mozart to Puccini and Verdi, and the ballet repertory encompasses major Russian and French works, among others. Music and Dance: A Bastion of Classical Repertory on the Asian Steppe 2011-06-07T11:30:06Z Hearing the work performed in French, as Verdi conceived it, is a revelation. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z Even with more musicians, it’s still far from the scale of something like Verdi’s Requiem. A Requiem, Derailed by the Pandemic, Arrives When It’s Needed Most 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Renée Fleming, at her home in Virginia, was in lovely voice for the “Ave Maria” from Verdi’s “Otello,” one of the defining works of her career. The Met Opera’s At-Home Gala: Informal Yet Profoundly Moving 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Farina has mostly performed Italian repertory, especially Verdi. Operas Filled With Forbidden Love in Madrid 2014-01-28T13:02:07Z He also ran a Verdi singing competition and managed a hotel. Operatic tenor Bergonzi dies aged 90 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Critics were impressed by Ms. Zeani’s ability to convey her character’s losing struggle with tuberculosis while hitting all of Verdi’s notes. Virginia Zeani, Versatile and Durable Soprano, Dies at 97 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z While Verdi is always dear to me, even in good renditions his Requiem has its longueurs. Best Classical Music of 2021 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But Robert Verdi, the intrepid fashion reporter and television personality, takes wardrobe coordination to new extremes, choosing outfits that resemble works from his impressive art collection—and vice versa. True Colors 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In part because of this, however, the anomalous turn to comedy imposed different operatic constraints – and in so doing steered both Verdi's and Wagner's musical imaginations in odd but stimulating directions. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z She left her core repertory — the Mozart heroines and four or five Verdi roles — only for Adriana Lecouvreur and Strauss’s Ariadne. Margaret Price Dies at 69, Soprano With Rich Voice 2011-02-01T06:51:50Z Verdi stipulated that he wanted Lady Macbeth to look “ugly and evil” and to sound “rough, harsh and gloomy.” Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z Verdi wanted to avoid making his “Macbeth” too pretty, and broke with bel canto convention when writing the music for the . Music Review: Verdi?s ?Macbeth? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-16T22:47:17Z His latest baritone excursion is another Verdi epic, "Macbeth," which the singer first performed in Berlin last year. Plácido Domingo on playing Macbeth in L.A. Opera's season opener 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Whoever was responsible for that scenario knew that it was Aida's subject, rather than its setting, that would rouse Verdi's interest. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z It would be an exaggeration to say that the rest of “1900” — four hours or five, depending on the version — unfolds under the clashing banners of Verdi and Stalin, but only a small one. A Five-Hour Crash Course in Italian History That’s Also Great Filmmaking 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z One hopes Lyric will re-engage Krasteva before long, ideally for one of the big Verdi roles she has in her repertory. Second time's the charm for 'Carmen' at Lyric 2011-03-13T23:19:23Z The most famous example is “Va pensiero,” the chorus of Hebrew slaves in Verdi’s “Nabucco,” which became the rallying cry of 19th century Italians seeking unification of their country. Classical music can unite and console in troubling, angry times 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z There was an insert for the performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Wednesday. Review: Plácido Domingo Is Gone, but He Still Haunted ‘Macbeth’ 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Verdi is classical music's greatest democrat and Aida is perhaps the ultimate synthesis of his major concerns. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z After the August break, La Scala returns in September with a performance of Verdi’s Requiem in Milan’s Duomo cathedral to remember Italy’s virus dead, followed by Beethoven’s 9th in the theater on Sept. 5. La Scala plans 4 July concerts in post-lockdown reopening 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z That meant making considerable trims to staples like Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” and Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z So you still think of Verdi as a purveyor of organ-grinder accompaniments? Muti and the CSO at Carnegie Hall: Feel the love 2011-04-17T20:27:00Z Opera across the street, the Verdi Requiem proved to be an ideal meeting point for his choral and operatic worlds. L.A. Master Chorale delivers a mighty, thrilling Verdi Requiem 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The Met will ladle out a healthy dose of Verdi to note the 200th anniversary of his birth next year. Metropolitan Opera Announces 2012-13 Lineup 2012-02-23T22:13:11Z Next month, Mr. Domingo is scheduled to sing the title role in Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at the Hamburg State Opera. Disclosure of Plácido Domingo Allegations Scuttles $500,000 Deal 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Mostly, though, ‘Attila’ is a wonderful consolidation of what Verdi had accomplished up to that time, written just before ‘Macbeth,’ which would explore so many new directions.” ?Attila? and Muti in Debuts at the Met 2010-02-19T18:03:00Z Alas, “Don Carlos” was a mixed success in France, and Verdi continued to revise it over the next two decades, as it premiered and was revived in Italy. Review: ‘Don Carlos’ Finally Brings French Verdi to the Met 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z The Metropolitan Opera reopened the doors for an inspiring performance of Verdi’s Requiem on Sept. 11. Review: For Armory Recitals, a Modest but Memorable Return 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Mozart subtly questioned aristocratic hierarchies; Beethoven’s sole opera is about the rescue of a political prisoner; Verdi stoked nationalistic fervor and explored the machinations of church and state. At a Moment of Racial Tumult, the Little Rock Nine Inspire an Opera 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z “Verdi’s female characters are in some ways stronger than their male counterparts.” The Women of ‘Don Carlo’ Portray a Moment in History 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z On the night Verdi’s death is announced, two boys are born on the Berlinghieri family estate. A Five-Hour Crash Course in Italian History That’s Also Great Filmmaking 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Consider the “Dies Irae” of Verdi’s Requiem, especially in a blistering rendition like that conducted by Toscanini in 1951. Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z But there were some technical feats, like a stirring performance of the chorus “Va, pensiero” from Verdi’s “Nabucco,” featuring about 90 choristers and players, all at their homes, yet grouped together onscreen. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Having seen it once, will Verdi fans, even those deeply affected by the production, want to see it again? Let’s Talk About Risk at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The pharaohs led their own armies into battle: Verdi's Egypt, in contrast, is ruled by someone simply called "the king", who delegates military control to his generals. David McVicar's Aida: the sound and the fury 2010-04-01T21:15:00Z “Il trovatore,” by Giuseppe Verdi, opening Jan. 12: Described as “the ultimate bel canto opera,” an old gypsy’s curse destroys two long-lost brothers competing for the same damsel in distress. An opera about Steve Jobs is part of Seattle Opera’s 2018-19 season 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Verdi, writing in his best operatic style but without benefit of stage trappings, conjures a terrifying sonic image of the Day of Judgment in this grandiose setting of the Mass for the dead. Review: Verdi’s Requiem, in All Its Theatricality and Resonance 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z The performance showed the oompah side of Verdi, more heavy than dramatic. Review | A return to end the season: Eschenbach leads NSO 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z But Verdi reworked the opera off and on for nearly 20 years, and unlike others he subjected to heavy revision, this one never settled into a single, universally accepted form. New ?Don Carlo,? That Ever-Changing Opera 2010-11-20T19:37:00Z This will have been, at the very least, useful practice for taking up the title role in this ambitious staging of Verdi¹s Rigoletto. Isle of MTV 2010-09-04T05:45:00Z Opera’s general director, and on this “Macbeth,” the company’s first production of Verdi’s first Shakespeare opera. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z I traveled to Cleveland in May for a concert performance of Verdi’s “Otello.” Best Classical Music Performances of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z The remaining winner, a soprano, Lori Guilbeau, 24, from Golden Meadow, La., was an audience favorite for her lush, melting accounts of arias from Verdi’s “Don Carlos” and Barber’s “Antony and Cleopatra.” Music Review | Grand Finals Concert of the Metropolitan Opera?s National Council Auditions: A Chance to Listen to the Future at the Met 2010-03-15T21:54:00Z So in some ways at least, encouraged by the ancient restraints that comedy can impose, Verdi and Wagner become most musically proximate in their solitary mature comedies. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z High F sharps and Gs sound comfortable in passages where Verdi intended effort to be part of the dramatic effect. Prom 3: Simon Boccanegra 2010-07-19T21:01:00Z Mr. Domingo’s debut in his 149th role, as the baritone Miller in Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” at the Met last spring, was sold out — as are most of his performances around the world — and widely praised. Plácido Domingo, Opera Superstar, Achieves the Unthinkable: 150 Roles 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z The exhibition’s main value is to remind us that music publishers in Verdi’s day did not just print and mail scores. The Secret of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ and ‘Falstaff’? His Publisher 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Another character helpfully points out that Verdi’s “Otello” and “Falstaff” were written when the composer was nearing 90 — which, perhaps deliberately, is at least a decade off. Review: A ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride’ with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Giuseppe Verdi's first wife died while he was composing "King for a Day," and when it premiered in 1840, it flopped. Young Artist Program presents 'King for a Day' 2012-11-15T22:29:04Z This year, he will release his first solo album — of Verdi arias — on the label Delos. An American Tenor Is ‘at Home Everywhere’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z This was simply one of the greatest live performances of the Verdi Requiem that I've ever experienced. L.A. Master Chorale delivers a mighty, thrilling Verdi Requiem 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Gardiner is an early-music specialist, and he approaches Verdi with the Renaissance of Shakespeare and Monteverdi in mind, emphasizing lightness, clarity and agility. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Now, the Met has returned to the Italian, based on Verdi’s 1884 conception. Review: The Met Brings Back a Shorter, Weaker ‘Don Carlo’ 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Verdi allots one memorable aria each to Banquo, Macbeth's one-time friend and later victim, and to Macduff, who eventually vanquishes the villain. Vocal toil and trouble beset Lyric's 'Macbeth' 2010-10-02T18:53:00Z A tense tale of disguises and deceptions, “Ballo” is by far the strangest of this collection, a product of Verdi’s middle-period experimentations in emotional ambiguity and sometimes jarring juxtapositions of tone. Review: Before Riccardo Muti Leaves Chicago, a Verdi Farewell 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The company was so determined not to lose the premiere of its new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” that at the final dress rehearsal, on Tuesday, everyone onstage wore a medical mask. Review: Amid Omicron, the Met Opera Opens a Weimar ‘Rigoletto’ 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z For some Verdi lovers, a dream cast or a favorite soprano is what makes a recording indispensable. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z It was a really sensitive thing, because Verdi baritones aren’t normally pursuing this role as early as I did, and if it hadn’t worked out I definitely would have put it away. ‘Rigoletto’ at the Met Unites a Father and Daughter. Again. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Still, he is best known for his Falstaff — he says that the opera character owes more to Verdi than Shakespeare — a role he has played in all kinds of productions. A Plus-Size Falstaff Grows Into His Outsize Part 2013-12-04T22:49:20Z Verdi composed operas filled with appeals to freedom and cries against tyrants, and he literally became the voice of the patriotic Risorgimento movement in 19th-century Italy. Revel in opera in Italy 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z The emotional level that Verdi builds up is constantly high. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann takes on Tristan, opera’s voice killer 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z But last summer POP bit off more than it could chew attempting Verdi’s “Falstaff” at, of all places, the Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale. For opera lovers, at last a 'Rake' for L.A., bearded lady and all 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Beyond bel canto, Dame Sutherland's repertory ranged from Handel and Mozart to Verdi and 19th-century French operas. Obituary: Soprano Joan Sutherland was opera legend 2010-10-12T03:18:00Z He made his Metropolitan Opera conducting debut in 2018 with Verdi’s “Otello,” a performance that, if not revelatory, was seething and sensitive. Gustavo Dudamel Hasn’t Conducted Much Opera. That’s OK. 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z His new recital disc presents a cross-section of arias, familiar and otherwise, by Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti. Vittorio Grigolo: The Italian Tenor 2010-10-07T21:40:00Z The new season kicks off in September, with a performance of Verdi’s “Macbeth.” Essential Arts & Culture: The loss of an L.A. patron, the future of freeways, art in the time of unrest 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Originally written for the Paris Opera, the Hollywood of the 19th century, it is spectacular, flawed and often confusing, and it is Verdi at his absolute best. Review | Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Sensing an opportunity, he positioned himself on a corner near the Vienna State Opera and belted staples like “La donna è mobile,” from Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” A Tenor’s Secrets to ‘Lohengrin’: Golf and a Blunt Spouse 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It involves a family whose patriarch is Lou Verdi, who the show’s publicity material says “was involved in organized crime as part of the Bruno crime family” in Philadelphia. Critic’s Notebook: ‘In the Big House,’ ‘Mob Wives’ and ‘Mobster Confessions’ 2012-07-22T20:18:23Z Then when we do a new production of a Wagner opera, or we go back to a Verdi work, everybody is seeing it differently. The Met Is Planning a Big Bet on Contemporary Opera 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Jonathan Miller had just staged an extraordinary version of Verdi's Rigoletto at the London Coliseum, transplanting the action to the mafia world of Lower Manhattan. How we made: Cameron Mackintosh and Herbert Kretzmer on Les Misérables 2013-02-18T20:59:02Z Here is a great composer reveling in excerpts from two Verdi operas while also exploring the potential lying within the music. Alexander Schimpf and Alon Goldstein at Mannes Festival 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z The dying Falstaff, according to Shakespeare, though beyond the action of Verdi's drama, babbled "of green fields" on his death bed. Falstaff; Tallis Scholars ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:20Z In December, the company will host a new staging of Verdi’s “Attila,” about the Hun conqueror. Opera, Ballet and More Treats for Fall: Global Arts Guide 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The company’s first production of Verdi’s “Macbeth” will star the big-voiced bass-baritone Eric Owens – who is the company’s artist in residence – in the title role, with Melody Moore as Lady Macbeth. Glimmerglass to Offer Mozart, Vivaldi, Verdi and Bernstein for 40th Anniversary 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Though Verdi had an ornery side, he was a decent man, an Italian patriot and the founder of a retirement home for musicians still in operation in Milan. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z In “Ballo,” Verdi juxtaposed chilling dramatic episodes, focused on the plot among conspirators to assassinate the king, with oddly lighter scenes depicting the superficial strivers at court. Review: James Levine Conducts a Noirish Verdi at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z |
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