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Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats

In Milan, a special performance at the Opera prison has featured instruments made from smugglers' boats that brought migrants to Italy

The Independent UK

Royal Opera House cast member unfurls Palestine flag during curtain call

An ROH spokesperson has condemned the action as ‘unauthorised’ and ‘wholly inappropriate’

The Independent UK

Renowned Bass Paul Plishka Dies After 51-Year Met Career

Renowned bass opera singer Paul Plishka, known for his powerful voice and warm personality, passed away at 83 after a distinguished 51-year career at the M...

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Rave-style secret operas, classics from the masters and comedy: an opera season with something for everyone

From the swashbuckling comedy of Pirates of Penzance to the timeless tragedy of Madama Butterfly, West Australian Opera’s 2025 season offers a mix of old, new, borrowed and blue

The Guardian - AU

Can new works revitalize opera?

Composers are always making new operas, but leaders in the opera world stress the need for emotional immediacy

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Italian opera singing joins pizza-making on UN cultural heritage list

Unesco describes art form as ‘means of free expression’ with cultural value ‘recognised at national and international levels’

The Guardian - UK

Grace Bumbry: Singer who broke opera’s colour barrier

The singer became one of the first African Americans to conquer the international opera stage

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Verdi's Requiem brings festival crowds to their feet

The centrepiece of the Adelaide Festival is Christian Spuck's version of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa Da Requiem, with a cast of about 200 performers.

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Italian opera houses plan Verdi shows to help government buy composer’s home

Cities across the country will host concerts to raise funds that will preserve Verdi’s home of 50 years for the nation

The Guardian - UK

‘Ernani’ opens Lyric Opera season with strong singing and playing, awkward staging

Leads are up to the demands of early Verdi opera, but production doesn’t fully jell.

Chicago Sun-Times

Adelaide festival to stage Verdi’s Requiem with a cast of hundreds – and a star choreographer

After Covid thwarted two attempts to bring out Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Messa da Requiem, the festival has finally announced it as next year’s centrepiece

The Guardian - AU

Muti's legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists

In the twilight of his music directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti candidly outlined his legacy and implored musicians to remember his instruction on Giuseppe Verdi’s operas: use the 19th century scores without altered notes

The Independent UK

Superb ‘Un ballo in maschera’ reminds us why Riccardo Muti remains one of the great interpreters of Verdi’s operas

Much like the CSO conductor’s operatic offerings that have come before, this performance was a thrilling, utterly memorable evening of music-making on every level.

Chicago Sun-Times

Summer Guide 2022: ‘Breaking Barriers’ at Ravinia, Grant Park Music Festival among classical music highlights

The works of Verdi, Haydn, Mozart, and “Rush Hour Concerts” are sure to entertain classical music fans in the months ahead.

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Giuseppe Verdi’s house in Italy up for sale, ending quarrel among heirs

Composer lived in Villa Verdi near Busseto for 50 years and it has been run as a museum while owners argued

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Roger Angell’s Lessons of a Life Well Lived

The best baseball writer ever was also an inspirational friend. He taught me so much, right up until his last breath.

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Verdi's 'Don Carlos' arrives at Met Opera in original French

The Metropolitan Opera is presenting the original French version of Verdi's “Don Carlos” for the first time after 217 performances since 1920 of the extensively revised and translated Italian more familiar as “Don Carlo.”

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