Giuseppe Verdi was just 26, a fledgling composer and newly widowed when he wrote his first comic opera, “Un Giorno di Regno” (“A One-Day Reign”). But the two-act comedy bombed and closed after one ...

In Steppenwolf Theatre’s “Amadeus,” running through January, Antonio Salieri is the villain. That play and its 1984 film adaptation repeated fictions that have tarred the composer’s reputation for ...

Reginald Smith, Jr. as the immortal Falstaff. Credit: Photo by Lynn Lane When Baritone Reginald Smith, Jr. sings the title role in Falstaff, the last opera ever composed by Giuseppe Verdi, and only ...

2 OH, MARY! Reveals Tour Dates and Cities For 2026-27 3 OPERATION MINCEMEAT Reveals 2026-27 Tour Dates and Cities Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido ...

Over the six decades of his career, Giuseppe Verdi (1813­-1901) composed 28 operas, many of which are at the core of today's repertoire. Verdi's final work for the stage, Falstaff made its World ...

Equally mischievous: Henry Waddington as Falstaff and Louise Winter as Mistress Quickly in Opera North’s production of Verdi’s Falstaff She says this shows they’re aspirational but living ...

Henry Waddington relishes every moment as the blustering Sir John in a sustainably staged production of Verdi’s final opera, played and performed with an unfailing sense of humour As the ...

What an opera! Excuse me while I bubble over giddily for Verdi’s “Falstaff.” It’s something else. I heard it Saturday night in a new production at Los Angeles Opera and would like to hear it again ...