Opera Colorado is performing the Italian opera, Il Trovatore, in a concert format. The four act classic is shortened to 90-minutes, but still brings all the drama of the original. "You would think ...

Tenor Brian Vu and mezzo-soprano Anne Maguire in Il Trovatore at Opera in the Heights. Credit: Photo by Pin Lim If you think the art of opera is dying, I turn your attention to Opera in the Heights ...

As the story unfolds in one of Giuseppe Verdi's most popular operas, the hero is beheaded at the end. A baby is thrown into a burning fire at the beginning. In between are epic battles between armies.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Opening nights at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House are always festive affairs, filled with anticipation, and Opera Colorado’s opening of Guiseppe Verdi’s “Il ...

When Adele Thomas’s new production of Verdi’s great warhorse opera Il Trovatore was first seen at Covent Garden in 2023, it had a decidedly mixed reception: my colleague John Allison dismissed it as ...

Listen to our quick (and very funny!) overview of Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore, which is this week’s Houston Grand Opera broadcast airing on Classical 91.7 Saturday at noon. This week, Classical 91.7 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Opera in the Heights (OH!), after a year and a half of alternative ...

Hawaii Opera Theatre’s production of Verdi’s “Il trovatore” (The Troubadour) is the first Honolulu has seen in over two decades. It’s a melodramatic shocker that took the world by storm, ...

Giuseppe Verdi’s Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) was the third opera presented at the Metropolitan Opera House on October 26 in 1883, the year the New York City opera house was founded. Il Trovatore had ...

When Giuseppe Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” premiered in 1853, it was the second of a trio of masterpieces including “Rigoletto” and “La Traviata” that emerged in the composer’s “middle” career period and ...