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 ...

Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem is a conductor's dream come true. Few pieces in the repertoire offer the drama of opera and the thrill of wonderful symphonic writing combined with stellar, virtuosic solo ...

A critic whose love of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi goes back nearly 60 years traveled to northern Italy to visit the places that shaped the man and his music. Giuseppe Verdi in the garden of his home ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Elisabetta Povoledo ROME — While working on “Otello” and “Falstaff,” his final two operas, the composer Giuseppe Verdi tucked dozens of pages of ...

This past week may have been a rough one for the classical world, but there is something to look forward to. This coming week, we celebrate the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, composer of the best ...

Richard Fairman explores Verdi's creative process, Sir Mark Elder reflects on Verdi's masterpiece, plus we give a guide to the greatest recordings We have been writing about classical music for our ...

Rigoletto announced Verdi’s arrival at his mature operatic style and has not fallen from the repertory since its premiere 170 years ago. Mark Pullinger assesses a selection of the available recordings ...

Composer lived in Villa Verdi near Busseto for 50 years and it has been run as a museum while owners argued A country house lived in by Giuseppe Verdi for 50 years is being put up for sale, ending a ...