Back in 2020, baritone Anthony Clark Evans and mezzo-soprano Kristen Choi were both preparing to make their debut with Opera Philadelphia in Madame Butterfly, but the pandemic hit the opera world ...

Opera Philadelphia returns to the Academy of Music stage for the first time since September 2019 with four performances of Rigoletto from April 29-May 8. Long one of the most popular works in the ...

As the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra unleashes its prelude to Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto," the title character appears, his back to the audience, striking a series of twisted poses. The sequence ...

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With attention centered on the Houston opera debut of the great Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky, a native Texan stole the show in the Houston Grand Opera revival of Verdi's Rigoletto. Having ...

Tennessee alternative quartet Rigoletto are teaming up with AP to bring you the premiere of their new music video for the song “Vandals.” The song is now available for purchase from Rigoletto’s ...

With its sharply conceived and darkly atmospheric production of “Rigoletto,” San Francisco Opera turned to one of its redoubtable repertory staples to open the company’s summer season. Verdi’s ...

The operas of Giuseppe Verdi often come across as moving targets, hard to pin down into a single, definitive form. Quite a few present themselves in multiple guises, adapted by the composer to the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Benjamin Bernheim filled the auditorium with a sound that was powerful, beautiful and intelligent. By Oussama Zahr It’s always a curious ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For years Opera Australia’s 1991 production of Rigoletto by Elijah Moshinsky subtly upstaged Verdi’s music and drama with its brittle ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by As the Omicron variant looms, Bartlett Sher’s production of Verdi’s classic is set to open on New Year’s Eve. By Joshua Barone Bartlett Sher must have ...

David McVicar’s production of Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House has just been revived, and I went along on Friday night hoping my friend was right. Based on a play by Victor Hugo, Verdi's opera is ...