The Houston Grand Opera opened its 2024-25 season on Friday with a new production of Verdi’s "Il Trovatore" that showcased a singing cast of virtuosos, solid orchestral accompaniment, and a modern ...

Opera Colorado is performing the Italian opera, Il Trovatore, in a concert format. The four act classic is shortened to 90-minutes, but still brings all the drama of the original. "You would think ...

"She's the crux of where bel canto beautiful singing meets drama," is how mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis describes her role as Azucena, the Romani woman whose tragic life has only been made worse ...

Nobody goes to “Il Trovatore” for the plot. The Verdi opera’s improbable story line is famously ripe for parody (most notably by the Marx Brothers and by Gilbert & Sullivan), and it presents some ...

Audience members at the Pittsburgh Opera production of “Il Trovatore” might be reminded of a popular medieval fantasy television series. “In many ways, the setting and staging of ‘Il Trovatore’ feels ...

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Hawaii Opera Theatre’s production of Verdi’s “Il trovatore” (The Troubadour) is the first Honolulu has seen in over two decades. It’s a melodramatic shocker that took the world by storm, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. LA Opera opens its 2021/22 season on September 18, 2021, with Giuseppe Verdi's Il ...