This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has a review of a new album devoted to Verdi opera choruses. Lloyd reminds us that there's more to opera than just the typical aria, trio ...

The music documentary VIVA VERDI! is now streaming on the streaming platform Jolt, a service tailored to independent filmmakers. The suggested ticket price to rent the film is $15.

In his role as artistic director of the Sarasota Opera, Victor DeRenzi has conducted just about every note of music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. By the completion of the company’s 28-year Verdi Cycle ...

The Verdi Chorus' 40th Anniversary season continues with its landmark Fall 2023 Concert 40! for two performances only at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica on November 18 and 19. Led by ...

Sweet Dreams of Joy,” from the documentary “Viva Verdi!,” was indeed eligible under academy rules even if it was recorded ...

For Opera Colorado music director Ari Pelto, Giuseppe Verdi’s final opera — written when the composer was 79 years old — is more than a comic epilogue to a long career filled with tragic music dramas.

It has been 20 years since Sarasota Opera last presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “Stiffelio” as part of its 28-year Verdi Cycle of performing just about every note written by the composer. The opera about a ...