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AVA's Boffo Ballo

Lew Whittington | Posted 05.09.2013 | Arts
Lew Whittington

Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, currently at the Academy of Vocal Arts and locally toured is brought to its full Verdian power under the direction of Tito Capobianco and AVA conductor Christofer Macatsoris.

From Folk Song to Song Art

Donna Fish | Posted 05.07.2013 | New York
Donna Fish

The program designed by Ms. Azrieli is united by a Jewish theme. It includes works by Jewish composers, operatic arias that evoke Jewish subjects, as well as Jewish folksong arrangements.

'I've Been Chomping At The Bit To Do This Opera'

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 04.05.2013 | Arts

NEW YORK — Music lovers who have seen "The Audition," the documentary about a vocal competition at the Metropolitan Opera, may remember tenor Mi...

WATCH: Behind The Scenes Of A Classic Opera

Posted 03.26.2013 | Arts

Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata" -- "the fallen woman" in Italian -- tells the tale of Violetta, a tragic heroine who is desperate to remain free and lo...

He 'Croons More Than He Sings'

AP | By MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 05.22.2013 | Arts

NEW YORK -- Near the end of Shakespeare's "Othello," the hero speaks of the "unlucky deeds" that have brought about his downfall. The same phrase migh...

Heartfelt Standing Ovation For The Met Opera's 'La Traviata'

AP | By MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 03.15.2013 | Arts

NEW YORK -- Two spontaneous eruptions from the audience just about said it all as the Metropolitan Opera revived Willy Decker's brilliantly stripped-d...

All Of Verdi In One Big Box

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 05.05.2013 | Arts

Verdi: The Complete Works (75-CD boxed set) Decca. From the ever-popular "Aida" to the obscure "Alzira," all 28 of Giuseppe Verdi's operas have been ...

'Verdi' Like You've Never Seen It

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 01.09.2013 | Arts

NEW YORK — Part film noir, part surrealistic nightmare, David Alden's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" is dominated by a single ...

Eternity in an Hour: Verdi's Requiem at Carnegie Hall

Victoria Martino | Posted 11.01.2012 | Arts
Victoria Martino

It was as if a common spirit held everyone in thrall, and it was perfectly natural and fitting to breathe an interior, silent, communal "Amen," before erupting into the tumultuous, appreciative applause that such a magnificent and memorable performance deserved.

Marco Vratogna Is Sensational as Rigoletto at San Francisco Opera

Sean Martinfield | Posted 11.25.2012 | Arts
Sean Martinfield

Still in his thirties, a lion-hearted Leo, Vratogna is that rare breed of natural dramatic baritone who owns the vocal prowess and seductive appeal of the alpha male so predominant in the Verdi repertoire.

Placido Domingo Celebrates 45 Years at L.A.Opera!

Jay Weston | Posted 11.11.2012 | Los Angeles
Jay Weston

A little girl standing next to me at a recent opera rehearsal turned to me and said with tears in her eyes, "I didn't know that opera could be such fun!" Friends, it sure is, and we must do everything we can to support it!

Samuel Ramey Is Leo the Great in San Francisco Opera's 'Attila'

Sean Martinfield | Posted 06.11.2012 | Home
Sean Martinfield

The role of "Leone" in Verdi's Attila requires an artist of the larger-than-life variety. For the 2012 summer season at San Francisco Opera, that can be carried off by no one else but Samuel Ramey.

Conducting For The Pope

AP | Posted 07.07.2012 | Home

VATICAN CITY — Riccardo Muti will be conducting a concert in the Vatican in honor of Pope Benedict XVI. He's the second big-name maestro to be ...

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?

David Browning | Posted 06.25.2012 | Home
David Browning

This was the Carnegie Hall debut for soprano Jennifer Rowley and tenor Noah Baetge, likely for mezzo Leann Sandel-Pantaleo and bass Harold Wilson as well. The fact that all four had issues in keeping with the conductor would seem to indict the conductor rather than any of them.

The Uncut Version Of 'Don Carlos'

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 04.23.2012 | Home

HOUSTON -- One of the grandest of grand operas, Verdi's "Don Carlos" is rarely performed with every note of music the composer wrote for its 1867 prem...

How Soprano Angela Meade Lost And Won The National Council Auditions

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 04.22.2012 | Arts

NEW YORK — The story of soprano Angela Meade's "overnight success" at the Metropolitan Opera is well known: She wins the National Council Auditi...

Aida Redeemed! Here's Why...

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 04.11.2012 | Arts

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...

Verdi's First Opera Gets A Rare Showing

AP | MIKE SILVERMAN | Posted 03.30.2012 | Home

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...

The Art of Criticism in the Technological Age -- Pros and Cons of Our Times

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 12.27.2011 | Arts
Melody Breyer-Grell

Why is arts criticism important? In a perfect situation, criticism would serve at least three-fold. Worthy artists would receive recognition, audience...

WATCH: Puppy Confused, Possibly Moved By Opera

Posted 12.12.2011 | Comedy

Remember in "Pretty Woman" when Richard Gere takes Julia Roberts to the opera for the first time and he says that people either love it or hate it? We...

Two Operas You'll Never See Performed at the Met!

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
George Heymont

Whether deploying a chorus line of Ku Klux Klansmen, mocking every symbol of Christianity, or filling the theatre with nonstop profanity, Jerry Springer:The Opera has something to offend everyone.

Culture Zohn Off the C(H)uff With Herzog & de Meuron

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Patricia Zohn

2010-02-18-mountain.jpgThe architectural team that prides itself on creating unexpected public spaces attractive to all layers of society turns to Verdi.

Interview With David McVicar: "I Am Good at What I Do Because I Care So Much"

Christina Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Christina Patterson

Opera's leading director is frequently described as a genius, but rarely escapes the label of "enfant terrible" and "angry young man."

The Lords of The Fly

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

The production contained some pre-requisites for the medium -- a tragic storyline that centered around love, sex and three principles, making it a theoretical candidate for an operatic treatment.