Giuseppe Verdi

Aida Redeemed! Here's Why...

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 04.11.2012

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NEW YORK — In 1872, a dissatisfied opera-goer who had attended a performance of Verdi's "Aida" in Parma, Italy, wrote to the composer asking for...

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Verdi's First Opera Gets A Rare Showing

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 03.30.2012

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The year was 1839, and a young, unknown Italian composer was having his first opera produced at La Scala. Though only a mode...

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Muti's Otello and War Horse

Howard Kissel | Posted 06.18.2011

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Howard Kissel

Othello and War Horse are both works on a monumental scale. On these evenings I was reminded of why I chose to spend my life sitting in darkened theaters.

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The Millennials Project

Michael Kaiser | Posted 06.04.2011

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Michael Kaiser

We in the arts face a major problem: we now have a generation of young people who have had virtually no exposure to the arts. They do not go to theater, concerts, dance performances or operas.

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First Nighter: Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Met's Ravishing Simon Boccanegra

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

During the first night of this season's Metropolitan Opera revival of the 1995 Giancarlo del Monaco production, the cast followed some straight-forward advice with prodigious rewards.

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