Tag Archives: Giuseppe Verdi

“A MASKED BALL” in San Diego

  Presents A MASKED BALL by Giuseppe Verdi MARCH 8, 11, 14, 16, 2014 What a cast! Polish tenor Piotr Beczala is today’s hot lyric tenor and a star at every major opera house in the world including La Scala, … Continue reading

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La traviata in Phoenix

La Traviata Composed by Giuseppe Verdi La Traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on the novel La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, … Continue reading

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“Platée” in Vienna

Theater an der Wiene The New opera House Presents: Ballet-bouffon in one prologue and three acts (1745) Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau Libretto by Jacques Autreau                       cast actor role Conductor … Continue reading

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“Il trovatore” at the Mariinsky II Theatre in St.Petersburg

Mariinsky II: 34 Dekabristov Street Il trovatore opera in four acts Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano Musical Director and Conductor: Valery Gergiev Conductor: Mikhail Sinkevich Stage Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi Set Designers: Pier Luigi Pizzi, Massimo Pizzi Gasparon Costume Designer: … Continue reading

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Welsh National Opera presents “La traviata”

Welsh National opera presents: “La traviata” Giuseppe Verdi Giorgio Germont has made a terrible mistake. Germont has realised that Violetta, the fallen woman he drove away from his son, Alfredo, was the best thing that will ever happen to his … Continue reading

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“Otello” at Mariinsky Theatre II in St. Petersburgh

Mariinsky II: 34 Dekabristov Street 7 January 19:30 2014 | Tuesday   Otello opera in four acts (new stage version of the 2007 production) performed in Italian Artists   Conductor Valery Gergiev Cast Otello: Kristian Benedikt Iago: Alexander Krasnov Cassio: Oleg Balashov Lodovico: Yuri Vorobiev Desdemona: Yekaterina Goncharova … Continue reading

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A MASKED BALL (Un ballo in maschera) in Toronto

A MASKED BALL (Un ballo in maschera) Giuseppe Verdi An all-star cast includes Canada’s great diva Adrianne Pieczonka and the exciting tenor Dimitri Pittas. Composed directly after his hugely successful Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Il Trovatore, Verdi’s A Masked Ball … Continue reading

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FALSTAFF in Stuttgart

Presents: Giuseppe Verdi In Italian with German supertitles In Shakespeare’s drama Sir John Falstaff, an aristocratic crook, loses his way and finds himself in Windsor – amongst hard-working citizens, who are now forced to defend everything they have worked for … Continue reading

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The End of Italian Opera: Will They Wait for the Fat Lady to Sing? (Newsweek)

The End of Italian Opera: Will They Wait for the Fat Lady to Sing? By Elisabeth Braw / December 26 2013 11:22 AM, Newsweek.com The opera houses that launched Verdi, Puccini and Rossini are going bust. Is there a future for an … Continue reading

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Macbeth in Minnesota

MINNESOTA OPERA PRESENTS: Macbeth Music by Giuseppe Verdi Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and Andrea Maffei after the tragedy by William Shakespeare (1606) Performances Sat. 1/25/14 at 7:30pm Tue. 1/28/14 at 7:30pm Thu. 1/30/14 at 7:30pm Sat. 2/1/14 at 8:00pm … Continue reading

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