A hooded Romani woman (Shay Bloch as Azucena) slowly pulls an empty wooden cart as she passes a Spanish captain (Leonard Bernad as Ferrando) who boasts he will ...

Last night’s Trovatore at the Met started out okay. But it got much better than that. By the end, it was a stirring Trovatore, deserving of many bravos. I am speaking of Il trovatore, by Verdi, at the ...

Will love triumph over the weight of the past, or will the need to avenge the crimes of the father blight all joy? Il Trovatore, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most beloved operas, begins with a Spanish ...

The gypsy Azucena in Il Trovatore was Verdi’s first great role for mezzo-soprano, later joining company with Eboli in Don Carlo and Amneris in Aïda. Mention of her is already felt in the opera’s first ...

Irene Dalis is a San Jose native, a former Metropolitan Opera diva and the founder of Opera San Jose. This fall, the company will begin its 30th season, which will be Dalis’s last as general director.