Tag Archives: Giuseppe Verdi

“Rigoletto” in Krakov, Poland

  Rigoletto Composer: Giuseppe Verdi     22.09.2013 Sunday, time: 6:00 pm Cast: Il Duca di Mantova Krzysztof Bednarek, Vasyl Grokholskyi, Tomasz Kuk, Krzysztof Marciniak, Leszek Świdziński, Adam Zdunikowski Rigoletto Andrzej Biegun, Andrzej Dobber, Jerzy Mechliński, Leszek Skrla, Dainius Stumbras, … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Aida at the Opera de Paris

AIDA OPERA IN FOUR ACTS (1871) MUSIC BY GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)   LIBRETTO BY ANTONIO GHISLANZONI AFTER AUGUSTE MARIETTE Performed in Italian From October 10 to November 16, 2013 Commissioned to celebrate concord between the nations, Aida is essentially about … Continue reading

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Opera as a Graphic Novel: Otello.

Otello as a graphic novel, Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello is about to become a graphic novel. “We are not talking about a simplified version of the opera” explains Aldo Sisillo, the director of the Fondazione Teatro … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Rigoletto with the London Symphony Orchestra (Review)

Rigoletto – review Barbican, London High-voltage intensity and fierce insight powered this superb concert performance of Verdi’s masterpiece By Tim Ashley, The Guardian, Tuesday 17 September 2013 In his element in Verdi … conductor Gianandrea Noseda     The London … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Viva l’Opera ’13/’14- Live in French Cinemas

Verdi’s Nabucco from La Scala in Milan, part of the 200th anniversary celebrations across Europe this year, will open the UGC cinema chain’s Viva l’Opéra 2013-2014 broadcast season around France.  In an echo of the hugely successful live broadcasts from the New York Met matinees … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: “Verdi between Romanticism and Risorgimento.”

“Verdi between Romanticism and Risorgimento.” A Lecture by Alberto Rizzuti  Italian Cultural Institute, Chicago, United States Monday, September 16, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT) “Verdi between Romanticism and Risorgimento” A lecture by Prof. Alberto Rizzuti  Introduction by … Continue reading

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Comic-strip opera in Modena

Lirica a strisce. Comic-strip opera LIRICA A STRISCE is the transposition into comic-strips of the most acclaimed Operas produced and staged by the Teatro Comunale of Modena.  The editorial project came out of the desire to bring to opera a … Continue reading

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VERDI’s 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Verdi’s musical scores anthological itinerant exhibition

Verdi’s musical scores anthological exhibition Organized by the Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Antica e Moderna di Roma, 2013 On the occasion of the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, the association Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Antica e Moderna di Roma organized an exhibition … Continue reading

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VERDI’S 200th ANNIVERSARY: Nabucco in Philadelphia.

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Opera Philadelphia Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi Performed in Italian with English supertitles Company Premiere and New Co-Production Starting Friday, September 27th. An ancient story. A revolutionary telling. On its surface, Nabucco is about the epic struggle … Continue reading

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VERDI’s 200th ANNIVERSARY: I Cameristi della Scala Tour the USA

I Cameristi della Scala Tour in the United States October 2013 5 – Charleston 7 – Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kresge Auditorium 8 – Providence: 9 – Washington: Library of Congress,Coolidge Auditorium 10 – New York: Carnegie Hall 11 … Continue reading

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