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

From January 27 to February 26, 2026, Paris’s Opéra Bastille will host a complete showcase of Giuseppe Verdi’s "A Masked Ball ...

San Francisco Opera opens its 103rd season on Friday, September 5 with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit gala co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (September ...

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

He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime and, today, his works are the most performed operas around the world. He began composing music at 13, and when asked to step in as a last-minute ...

Simon Boccanegra is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play Simón Bocanegra (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, ...

The three act opera “Rigoletto” — written by Giuseppe Verdi, with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play “Le roi s’amuse” by Victor Hugo — has been a hit since performance one. Why?

The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres Siciliennes,” a French work experts say has long been overshadowed by an Italian version Verdi did not produce. By David Belcher Teatro Nuovo, which trains ...