The New York Times

The Composer Who Changed Opera With ‘a Beautiful Simplicity’

In the mid-1700s, Christoph Willibald Gluck overthrew the musical excesses around him. A marathon double bill in France shows the vibrancy of his vision. By Zachary Woolfe Reporting from ...
KTLA

Meloni joins cultural elite celebrating Italian opera’s recognition as a world treasure

VERONA, Italy (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joined top political and cultural figures at Verona’s ancient Arena amphitheater Friday night for an open-air celebration of Italian lyric opera’s ...
The New York Times

A Verdi Masterwork, Lost in Italian Translation, Returns to the Stage

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres Siciliennes,” a French work experts say has long been overshadowed by an Italian version Verdi did not produce ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

An 1811 Italian comic opera has its first American performance in Albuquerque

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. You can soon hear Matilde in Albuquerque, courtesy of Opera Southwest, in a unique type of world premiere. It’s ...