Entertainment & Arts
The 1987-88 season of San Diego Opera looks like a celebration of Italian opera’s favorite son, Giuseppe Verdi.
Jan. 22, 1987
In a letter to Puccini’s librettist Giuseppe Giacosa, Giuseppe Verdi wrote a few days after the premiere of his own “Otello” 100 years ago: “I would arrive home still excited by the glorious life of the theater.”
Jan. 10, 1988
Giuseppe Sinopoli, an Italian conductor best known for daring interpretations of Verdi and Puccini, died after suffering a heart attack while conducting at a Berlin opera house.
April 22, 2001
L.A. Opera’s presentation of Giuseppe Verdi’s first masterpiece, ‘Nabucco,’ shines with musical vigor as it tells an age-old tale.
Sept. 10, 2002
The San Diego Opera’s 1987-88 season looks like a celebration of Italian opera’s favorite son, Giuseppe Verdi.
Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday celebration resumes in Southern California this weekend with the three-day Italian Opera Festival at the Soka Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo.
Oct. 25, 2013
Where is Verdi now that we really need him?
March 1, 1990
Verdi’s 200th birthday tributes begin with O.C. Italian Opera Festival
VERDI and PUCCINI ARIAS.
June 24, 1990
Giuseppe Verdi’s large-scale opera “Aida” made its reappearance amid Egyptian historical monuments Monday night, with a starry performance set against the famous pyramids at Giza near Cairo.
Sept. 23, 1987