Giuseppe Verdi’s “La traviata” has been recognized as the most-performed opera in the world. Most fans know it’s the story of Violetta, a consumptive courtesan (a kept mistress for wealthy men) who ...

The Verdi Chorus celebrates its 35th anniversary with its Spring 2018 concert The Force of Destiny for two performances only at the First United Methodist Church in Santa Monica on April 28 and 29 led ...

In his role as artistic director of the Sarasota Opera, Victor DeRenzi has conducted just about every note of music composed by Giuseppe Verdi. By the completion of the company’s 28-year Verdi Cycle ...

When the Metropolitan Opera last revived Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino,” a reviewer bemoaned its “four soul-numbing hours of ludicrous plot twists.” That’s harsh. But there’s no question the libretto ...

SANTA MONICA, CA (April 7, 2020) – In place of its previously scheduled Live Concert on April 18, The Verdi Chorus will offer its first online concert: a streaming of its Spring 2018 program The Force ...

Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera is a story where everyone knows what will happen, but no one can stop it. A brash and naïve king called Gustavo visits a fortune teller, who predicts his assassination at ...

Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi is certainly one of the world’s experts on the works of composer Giuseppe Verdi. He is, after all, the only person to have conducted every work that ...

Rossini’s Maometto Secondo and Verdi’s Don Carlo, each among their composer’s grandest and most ambitious works, arrived last week courtesy of Teatro Nuovo and the Metropolitan Opera, respectively.