Frida, Diego, and the Day of the Dead: Green-Wood Cemetery, Death of Classical, and the Metropolitan Opera Collaborate
AIDA Alessandro Zummo 26/05/2026Aida at Teatro Massimo, Palermo: tradition as an excuse Aida is one of Verdi’s most layered and uncomfortable operas. Beneath...
Un Ballo in Maschera Josi Steinfeld 21/05/2026In 1857, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples commissioned Giuseppe Verdi to compose a new opera. He chose Un Ballo...
Alessandro Zummo 14/03/2026Semiramide was the last opera Gioachino Rossini composed for the Italian stage before his definitive move to France. For many...
Aida Nicole Pezza 29/01/2026Aida is one of those operas that must elicit an immediate ‘wow’ effect; a good production is one that delivers...
L’Italiana in Algeri Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 05/09/2025There was already a buzz outside the Teatro Rossini before curtain-up. Fifteen minutes before the performance, an old smoking VW...
La Cambiale di Matrimonio and Soirées Musicales Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro – 2025 Josi Steinfeld 01/09/2025Rossini was just 18 when Venice commissioned his first opera, the one-act comedy La Cambiale di Matrimonio (“The Marriage Contract”)....
Zelmira Rossini Opera Festival 2025 Josi Steinfeld 31/08/2025Rossini’s Zelmira, last composed for Naples in 1822, was once a staple at one of Europe’s great operatic centres, before...
Ermione Josi Steinfeld 30/08/2024Ermione is the sixth of nine operas Rossini composed for the San Carlo in Naples and one of the biggest...
Bianca e Falliero (Bianca and Falliero) Josi Steinfeld 23/08/2024Bianca and Falliero, Rossini’s 30th opera and the fourth composed in 1819, had an impressive initial run of 39 performances—the...
The Barber of Seville Josi Steinfeld 22/08/2024Pesaro is the Italian Capital of Culture 2024, and to mark the occasion, the city is presenting four operas instead...
