Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) and Richard Wagner (1813-1883) are widely regarded as the two most influential composers in the history of opera. Coincidentally, both were born in 1813 and went on to ...

Maestro Chung Myung-whun, Seoul Philharmonic to perform in Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ Popular operas by Italy’s two most famous opera composers ― Puccini and Verdi ― will be staged in Seoul in April.

I grandi orizzonti della pianura, le meravigliose campagne, i sapori genuini del Parmigiano Reggiano, del culatello e della ...

Dal 14 al 23 ottobre l’ormai consolidato format divulgativo dell’Opera in un Atto al Ridotto Victor de Sabata si rinnova ...

Venue du théâtre, la metteuse en scène Ambre Kahan se met au service de Shakespeare et de Verdi pour effectuer, à l’Opéra de ...

On October 10, 2026, the 213th anniversary of the birth of the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, one of the most influential figures in the history of classical music, will be celebrated. The author of ...

Luca Salsi è Sir John Falstaff nel debutto italiano della regista tedesca. Dall’11 ottobre al 1 novembre a RomaFalstaff , ...

In many ways, Wagner and Verdi were markedly different. Wagner has been called a “racist ass” by Leon Botstein, a music authority, orchestra conductor, and president of Bard College. William Berger ...

Perhaps Verdi's most famous tune, Va pensiero is claimed as the anthem for Italian unification, a call to arms for the oppressed everywhere. But, in fact, the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves acquired its ...

Admirers of Giuseppe Verdi will gather at the Verdi Monument in Verdi Square in New York on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 10:15 a.m. for the annual Verdi birthday ritual organized by August Ventura and Cori ...

There have been documentaries and celebrations for 100 years since the premiere of The Rite of Spring, but this year also would be the 200th birthday of the opera composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard ...

As Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner both celebrate bicentenaries in 2013, Ivan Hewett asks opera experts from Philip Hensher to Mark Elder who the better composer is. It’s apt that Wagner and Verdi ...