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 ...

By Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim If you are at all familiar with “The Four Seasons” by Verdi, chances are you’re a ballet person. It was Jerome Robbins who in 1979 took this incidental music ...

Transplanting a tale of ancient Egypt to a modern-day military dictatorship is a difficult and rather dubious task, but ...

Submitted by the Orcas Center. Don’t miss your chance to see “Aida,” Verdi’s epic tale of love, power and jealousy at Orcas ...

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2 op.18 - Anna Fedorova - Complete Live Concert - HD Maroon 5 – Memories / Pachelbel – Canon in D Pachelbel’s ubiquitous cello chord progression has inspired plenty of pop songs – from Kylie Minogue’s ...

VALENTINE'S DAY: Queerly Ever After Valentine's Ball, 6-11 p.m., Art Academy of Cincinnati, 1212 Jackson St., Over-the-Rhine.

An exuberant production of an early Verdi comic opera This opera, almost resulting in the composer abandoning his career as a ...

Following an ADA compliance lawsuit, the legacy business is raising money for an accessible redesign and trying to attract a ...

Internationally recognized singer and scientist Heidi Moss Erickson was told she’d never perform again in 2007 after a rare ...

Sarasota Opera opens a new season with the double bill of one acts ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ and ‘Pagliacci’ to launch its 66th season.