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Led by internationally acclaimed soprano Sun Xiuwei, students from the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music staged a concert at the ...

Opera San José's 40th anniversary season continues with a thrilling production of Verdi's Rigoletto. Boasting some of opera's most memorable music, including the signature aria “La donna è mobile,” ...

If any composer can make you forget an Astros loss, it’s Giuseppe Verdi. On opening night of Rigoletto, Houston Grand Opera flashed the score of Game 5 of the ALCS (with those damned Yankees) during ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Some of the most famous moments in all of opera will get a central Indiana airing in November as the Indianapolis Opera presents “Rigoletto.” Giuseppi Verdi first penned ...

You say you don’t know anything about opera? Chances are you’ve heard some of the art form’s most famous melodies — from Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” to “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro,” one of the ...

“Verdi would not let [‘La donna e mobile’] be rehearsed because he didn’t want it to go viral. Of course, opera was the hottest commodity of the time, and he knew he was writing one of the greatest ...

Some of opera’s most famous arias bring to life the story of Rigoletto, the cursed court jester who’s rage and vengeance bring about his own tragic undoing. Those Italians know how to do drama! And ...

San Diego Opera on Saturday opened its sixth production of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterwork “Rigoletto,” which is just as well known for its showpiece arias and famed quartet as its old-fashioned, ...

From my experience, plenty of American opera fans grumble when directors and designers decide to move a story to a different setting or era than the one presented at an opera’s premiere, whether that ...

In context, these words are ironic, even painful. But we have to get there first. Rigoletto tells the story of a hunchbacked court jester of the same name (Malcolm MacKenzie) and his daughter, Gilda ...

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