If theater-goers are left to wonder whether Iago hates Otello because he is a racist or because he was skipped for promotion, opera patrons are rewarded with his aria.

Soprano Elaine Alvarez as Desdemona. (Photo courtesy of LVO) An operatic adaptation of Shakespeare’s play “Othello”, Verdi’s work is a “tragic story of deceit, jealousy and rage … that ranks among his ...

Verdi persevered in his ambitions by taking private lessons. After his studies with one Vincenzo Lavigna, from whom he acquired a thorough mastery of counter point, fugue and canon, Verdi applied for ...

The Metropolitan Opera opened the New Year with its first new staging of Verdi’s Aida in 37 years. Regulars had every right to be trepidatious: A few years ago we witnessed Gounod’s Faust drop the ...

Strehler died in 1997. Now, near the start of a season packed with new productions, the Milan theatre has revived his 1980 staging of Falstaff, Verdi’s last opera and a crowning achievement of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. A guide to every show on Broadway, including new musicals, Tony winning-dramas, quirky hits and veterans like “Hamilton” and “Chicago.” Audra McDonald as Rose in the ...

Giuseppe Verdi (or 'Joe Green' in English!) was an Italian composer who dominated the Italian opera scene in the late 19th Century. Verdi's first opera – 'Oberto', written in 1839 – was a big ...

for Othello , Outstanding Costume Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Henry IV , Best Costume Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Rivals, Outstanding Costume Design (Drama Desk Awards ...

Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Intimate Apparel, Outstanding Costume Design (Play or Musical) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Mrs. Doubtfire, Outstanding ...

Jorge de León (Radames) in The Royal Opera’s Aida - Marc Brenner ...

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