Giuseppe Verdi News

The Orchestra Now (TŌN) begins its winter/spring, 10th anniversary season led by music director Leon Botstein on February 8, and continues through May 18.

In January and February 2025, the State Opera will commemorate the great work of Giuseppe Verdi with the operas Nabucco, Macbeth, Rigoletto, La traviata, Aida and Otello.

Three artists will present three unique short pieces on a split bill at The Exponential Festival. Kenneth Keng / Sophie Zmorrod / Lal Ensari will present AMA/GILDA/SOLSTICE. Learn more.

Casting has been announced for Sarasota Opera’s 2025 Winter Opera Festival. Learn more about the upcoming festival, which is set for this February 2025.

Teatro alla Scala will begin performances of La forza del destino by Giuseppe Verdi on Decemver 2. The production will run through January 7, 2025.

Malevolence, greed, the thirst for power and the never-ending quest for revenge dominate the Washington National Opera production of composer Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth. The vocals by the company of classical singers assembled here are the glory of this production.

Rufus Wainwright's latest work, Dream Requiem, received its world premiere in Paris this year with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and with Meryl Streep as the narrator. On January 17th 2025, Warner Classics will release the live recording.

Una historia para contar la Historia. O, más bien, para transformarla. Un ballo in maschera, escrita por Giuseppe Verdi en 1857, narra el asesinato de un rey.

Tickets are now on sale for the Greek National Opera’s productions from January to March 2025 at the Stavros Niarchos Hall and the Alternative Stage at the SNFCC. Learn more about how to get tickets to the upcoming shows here!

The dazzling favourite among audiences is back! For 170 years, La Traviata has celebrated the ‘fallen woman’ – while also showing who she really is when the party ends. Performances run 23 November–​17 January at Den Norske Opera. 

San Francisco Opera's 102nd season will continue in November with a variety of performances and events. Along with Georges Bizet’s Carmen (November 13–December 1) and the Carmen Encounter (November 21), November brings two annual, year-end concerts. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Renée Fleming has been named as the 2025 Festival Director for the Cincinnati May Festival, bringing her expertise to the renowned choral event.

El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera (CNMO), invitan al público a asistir a las presentaciones que se llevarán a cabo en el marco del programa Música INBAL por la ciudad, con la participación de la soprano Zulyamir Lopezríos y el pianista Alfredo Isaac Aguilar, que tendrán lugar en la Casa Universitaria del Libro de la UNAM, el sábado 26 de octubre a las 17:00 h, y en el Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán el jueves 31 de octubre a las 18:00 h.

Sarasota Opera will revisit that Verdi's legacy with its Fall concert, The Music of Giuseppe Verdi.

Check out photos from San Francisco Opera's production of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde here!

Desde hace 20 años, la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) realiza el ciclo El arte del canto como parte del programa Música Inbal en tu escuela, con el fin de acercar a las nuevas generaciones a la música clásica.  

San Francisco Opera Tad and Dianne Taube General Director Matthew Shilvock has announced the contract extension of Caroline H. Hume Music Director Eun Sun Kim.

On 16 September 2024, marking the 47th anniversary of Maria Callas’ death, the Greek National Opera released the grand Opera Gala Callas at the Herodium for free on GNO TV.

“Something wicked this way comes …” to Steinmetz Hall as Opera Orlando presents its first MainStage production of the 2024-25 Destiny + Desire season, Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth, October 25 at 7:30 p.m. and October 27 at 2 p.m.

Canadian Opera Company launches their new season with a monumental first for the company - the premiere staging of Nabucco, directed by Katherine M. Carter and conducted by Paolo Carignani, the opera that firmly planted Giuseppe Verdi's name as a celebrated composer, first performed in 1842. This epic tale of enslavement to freedom features Soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams as Abigaille, Mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb as Fenena, and Baritone Roland Wood in the title role of Nabucco.