The Latest Breaking News from Giuseppe Verdi

From the swashbuckling comedy of Pirates of Penzance to the timeless tragedy of Madama Butterfly, West Australian Opera’s 2025 season offers a mix of old, new, borrowed and blue

Composers are always making new operas, but leaders in the opera world stress the need for emotional immediacy

Leads are up to the demands of early Verdi opera, but production doesn’t fully jell.

After Covid thwarted two attempts to bring out Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Messa da Requiem, the festival has finally announced it as next year’s centrepiece

In the twilight of his music directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti candidly outlined his legacy and implored musicians to remember his instruction on Giuseppe Verdi’s operas: use the 19th century scores without altered notes

Much like the CSO conductor’s operatic offerings that have come before, this performance was a thrilling, utterly memorable evening of music-making on every level.

The works of Verdi, Haydn, Mozart, and “Rush Hour Concerts” are sure to entertain classical music fans in the months ahead.

Composer lived in Villa Verdi near Busseto for 50 years and it has been run as a museum while owners argued

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