Composer

Simon Boccanegra was written in the 1850s, a period when Giuseppe Verdi, inspired by his growing fame, was challenging operatic tradition. It is a dark work, dominated by low voices, with a baritone as the protagonist, and no supporting female roles. The world premiere in 1857 was not well-received; towards the end of his life, Arrigo Boito and the composer made far-reaching changes to the work, and only this 1881 version achieved success on opera stages.

Simon Boccanegra

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

In a hallmark of his partnership with the CSO, Riccardo Muti takes center stage to conduct selections from Verdi’s enthralling, passion-filled operas. The program also features a lineup of treasured Italian opera repertoire performed by internationally acclaimed singers and the Chicago Symphony Chorus.

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An Opera Night with Riccardo Muti

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

For Leonora, the song of the troubadour Manrico holds the promise and glow of love; Manrico's rival Count Luna perceives in it threat and danger. Verdi's opera is a celebration of Italian opera singing at its best - so it is no coincidence that the title character is a singer himself.

The Troubadour

Hamburg State Opera

Opera’s greatest moments come to life—no costumes or staging required! This grand symphonic evening brings you soaring drama, tender lyricism, and triumphant power to stir your soul. Unforgettable melodies and epic emotion, all through the power of winds and percussion.

Magnum Opera

Meyerson Symphony Center

Travel to Italy through sound! Join the OKC Philharmonic for Masters of Music: Italy—featuring Verdi, Albinoni, Casella, and Respighi’s festive masterpiece.

Masters of Music: Italy

Civic Center Music Hall

Unity, Love and the New World

Woodstock Playhouse

One of Verdi's most popular works, Il trovatore unfolds with the telling of a fiery execution that takes place during Count de Luna's childhood, an event that sets him in vengeful pursuit of the gypsy woman, Azucena. Unrequited love for the noblewoman Leonora and hatred for her lover, the troubadour Manrico, drive him to murderous passions. The story comes full circle, ending with another tragic execution, in this sprawling medieval melodrama.

Il trovatore

Sarasota Opera House

A sovereign may do as he wishes. His entire surroundings depend on him, no-one is entitled to contradict him, all must suffer his moods. Only one may hold a mirror to him, is even obliged to criticise the ruler – the jester. But what happens when this fool neglects his most important task and puts himself at the service of the moral excesses exemplified by the tyrant? In his play Le Roi s’amuse (The King Amuses Himself), the French dramatist Victor Hugo went through this starting position with an unscrupulous fun-lover as the king, and a fool whose spiritual deformation has manifested itself in a hunchback.

Rigoletto

Max-Joseph-Platz

La Traviata is one of Giuseppe Verdi's most famous and beautiful operas, first performed on March 6, 1853, in Venice. The libretto, written by Francesco Maria Piave, is based on the play "The Lady of the Camellias," written by Alexandre Dimas fils. This Verdi opera, along with "Il trovatore" and "Rigoletto," is part of the so-called "popular trilogy."
The arias from La Traviata, such as "Libiamo nei lieti calici," "Sempre libera," and others, have become true icons of opera and are loved throughout the world for their beauty and emotional power. Let yourself be enchanted by these unforgettable and wonderful melodies and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of La Traviata.

La Traviata

Alexandrian Theater

A concert of dazzling vocal scenes from “Masked Moments” from operas including Die Fledermaus, Verdi’s Masked Ball, Tales of Hoffmann, Phantom of the Opera, and more.

Masked Moments of Opera

Artis–Naples

Step into a world of elegance and enchantment at the GO Signature Fundraising Event. The evening begins with a concert of dazzling vocal scenes from “Masked Moments” from operas including Die Fledermaus, Verdi’s Masked Ball, Tales of Hoffmann, Phantom of the Opera, and more at Daniels Pavilion, followed by a sophisticated masquerade reception and dinner in the Ubben Event Space. With themed décor, curated cuisine, and surprise performances, this event supports Gulfshore Opera’s mission of enriching lives through accessible, high-quality opera across Southwest Florida. Masks encouraged; impact guaranteed.

Masquerade Fundraising Event

Artis—Naples

La Traviata is the final work in the Trilogia Popolare, Verdi's trio of masterpieces written between 1850-52. Once again, he was inspired by an outsider: after the jester in Rigoletto and the gypsy Azucena in Il Trovatore, the courtesan Violetta Valéry -- a woman whose charm surpasses her predecessors -- takes center stage here. The Parisian demimonde is the setting for the story of the unconditional and hopeless love between Alfredo Germont and the terminally ill Violetta. From the very beginning, their love is threatened not only by death, but also by the norms of society and the honor of a family.

Oper Leipzig

Against the backdrop of the Babylonian exile of the Israelites the story of the Babylonian king Nabucco is told, who is only purified by a brief loss of power and gives freedom to the Hebrews he has imprisoned. On the other hand, it is also about the private conflict between Nabucco's daughters: while Abigaille wants to ascend to the throne at all costs, Fenena has converted to the Jewish faith out of love for the Israelite Ismaele.

Nabucco

Vienna State Opera

Be there for this stunning season finale! Set amidst the tumult of the Spanish Inquisition, Verdi’s masterpiece has it all—forbidden love, heartfelt bromance, searing family drama, and political intrigue to spare. King Philip II and the fearsome Grand Inquisitor battle for power … and Don Carlo, the king’s heir, struggles to conceal his passion for the Queen, who’s also his stepmother! Foes and friends maneuver and manipulate in one of opera’s most magnificent masterworks.

Don Carlo

AT&T Performing Arts Center

Verdi Requiem

San Carlo Theatre

Giuseppe Verdi’s «Messa da Requiem» is one of the most popular pieces in the concert repertoire. In a sensational co-production by the Oper Zürich and Ballett Zürich, Christian Spuck brought the oratorio for four solo voices, choir, and orchestra to the stage in 2016, as a combination of dance, abstract scene, space, and light. In his internationally acclaimed production, Spuck focuses on the human creature in the face of death and embarks on a sensitive search for traces of the whence and whither of the human being, between the terrifying proximity of death, loneliness, community solidarity, and mourning.

Requiem Mass

Zurich Opera House

RIGOLETTO is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play LE ROI S’AMUSE by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. The work, Verdi’s sixteenth in the genre, is widely considered to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi’s middle-to-late career. The tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. The opera’s original title, LA MALEDIZIONE (The Curse), refers to a curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by the Count Monterone, whose daughter the Duke has seduced with Rigoletto’s encouragement. 

Teatro Lirico d’Europa – Rigoletto

McCallum Theatre

Ellen Kent's production of Verdi's La Traviata for Opera International heads on tour around the UK for the last time on a Farewell tour in 2026, featuring a full orchestra and the supreme talents of the Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre Kyiv! A tragic love story that explores the suffocating constraints of polite society, the story is centered on the beautiful courtesan Violetta Valery, who sacrifices her reputation and wealth when she decides to move from Paris to the countryside with her lover Alfredo.

Ellen Kent's La Traviata

Liverpool Empire Theatre

Falstaff

At night, the social scene glitters in the party lights, and right in the middle of it all is Violetta Valéry. She is surrounded by male gazes: some are only interested in her dazzling appearance; others, like Alfredo Germont, love her completely; still others, like Alfredo's father, worry about their own reputation. Just when the young couple has found happiness in unvarnished honesty, he demands a separation. Director Tom Goossens broadens these perspectives, letting the characters grapple with who is allowed to portray whom in what light. A game with reality ensues, a game of disenchantment, recognition, and acknowledgment that doesn't even stop behind the scenes. Throughout, brilliant ensemble voices resonate under the musical direction of Verdi specialist Leo McFall.

La traviata: Oper von Giuseppe Verdi

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Unfortunately, there is no symphony by the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. However, the Italian did compose a melodious string quartet, which the American double bassist and university professor Lucas Drew arranged for string orchestra and entitled "Symphony." It promises a special listening experience.

Chiaroscuro

Zeughaus Neuss

Experience the raw passion and haunting power of Light Opera of New Jersey’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto, a tragic tale of love, betrayal, and revenge. This timeless masterpiece follows the tormented court jester whose desperate attempts to protect his daughter unleash devastating consequences. Featuring a traditional stage production, soaring melodies, and gripping drama, Rigoletto is opera at its most thrilling. Featuring a renowned cast, and the orchestra and chorus of the Light Opera of New Jersey under the direction of Maestro Jason Tramm.

Sieminski Theater

Luisa, the daughter of the veteran Miller, is in love with a young hunter who has come to her village with the arrival of the new feudal lord. But Wurm, the castle steward, is also in love with Luisa. He reveals the true identity of the supposed huntsman to her father: It is Rodolfo, the feudal lord's son, which makes a marriage with Luisa impossible for reasons of status. Rodolfo wants to fight for his love, but he and Luisa fall into the trap of the intriguing and corrupt court society.

Luisa Miller

In his spectacular production, which juggles huge video screens and social media, Simon Stone brings this story into the present day. Violetta is a Parisian it-girl, an influencer who remains trapped in the Instagram bubble and whose life is at the mercy of virtual presentation and showmanship. She is lonely in the public eye - and an outsider.

Star Cross'd

Congregation Beth Israel

A program of legendary figures—both real and imagined—features the Annapolis debut of two-time Grammy-winning soprano Angel Blue performing a selection of operatic works. Known for her radiant voice and commanding stage presence, Blue has graced the world’s leading opera houses. In this special performance, she shares her extraordinary artistry with ASO audiences, including a repertoire of extraordinary and timeless pieces, making this an experience you don’t want to miss!

Legends

Maryland Hall

They’re two of opera’s hottest rising stars. Bolivian soprano Shelén Hughes Camacho and American baritone Joseph Parrish have impressed audiences and competition juries around the globe, with their “elegance and eloquence” (Seen and Heard International) and “arresting stage presence” (Opera News). Now, these two young vocalists make their Cliburn Concerts debut with an eclectic program spanning spirituals, opera, art song, musical theater, and pop music, accompanied by pianist Amir Farid. Don’t miss this one-night performance by these extraordinary young artists —partners on and off the stage— on the brink of stardom. 

Shelén Hughes Camacho, soprano + Joseph Parrish, baritone

Kimbell Art Museum

The Cleveland Orchestra

Verdi’s Requiem is a powerful tribute to life eternal. Best known for the fateful drum strikes in its iconic "Dies Irae", Verdi’s dramatic tour de force offers a breathtaking journey through the stages of grief, ending in peaceful consolation. Music director Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus are joined by an elite lineup of soloists for this transcendent work.

Verdi's Requiem

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts

Verdi’s Requiem is a powerful tribute to life eternal. Best known for the fateful drum strikes in its iconic Dies Irae, Verdi’s dramatic tour de force offers a breathtaking journey through the stages of grief, ultimately ending in peaceful consolation. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus are joined by an elite lineup of soloists for this transcendent work.

Miami — Verdi’s Requiem

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

“In the Voice of Shakespeare” This intimate concert celebrates the genius of William Shakespeare through timeless arias, songs, and ensembles inspired by his plays, including Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliette, and Falstaff. Performed by nationally recognized opera artists in the acoustically rich Daniels Pavilion, the evening promises stirring melodies and theatrical charm, bringing the emotional depth of Shakespeare’s characters to life through song.

In the Voice of Shakespeare

In 2020, the National Opera in Warsaw celebrated the 55th anniversary of the reconstruction of its historic home on Teatralny Square. The ambitious project of raising the theatre from ruins was completed 20 years after the war, with the grand opening of the modernized Grand Theatre on November 19, 1965. Shortly thereafter, the Warsaw Opera ensemble, including its distinguished choir, moved in from its temporary home on Nowogrodzka Street.

Chorus Opera

Violetta Valery, living in kept splendour at the expense of Baron Douphol, has apparently recovered from a serious illness. To celebrate, she throws a party where she meets and falls for Alfredo Germont. As their love for each other is frowned upon, they set up house outside of Paris. Alfredo’s father insists that she break with his son in order not to jeopardise the marriage prospects of Alfredo’s sister. Violetta accedes to his wish and cuts off relations. In a showdown at another party Violetta tries to convince Alfredo that she’s in love with the Baron, causing Alfredo to hurl his gambling winnings at her feet, calling them “fees for services rendered”. Soon afterwards, at the height of the Paris carnival, Violetta is on her deathbed. She receives Alfredo, who has heard from his father her real reason for leaving him. Violetta forgives him, gives him her blessing and dies.

La traviata

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Jerusalem and Babylon at the time of Neubchadnezzar around 578 B.C. were the setting of Verdi’s early work, Nabucco. But the Biblical epic about power, love and religion is certainly more than a mere historical drama that might have served as a Hollywood blockbuster, and which places the most stringent demands on the soloists, chorus and stage machinery. Human conflicts are expressed here in highly emotional music and leave an indelible mark, to the present day, on this first, genuinely major operatic success by composer Giuseppe Verdi. Nabucco, the work with the famous prisoners’ chorus “Va pensiero” (“Fly, thought, on golden wings!”), the best-known hymn to freedom ever composed, is a must – and not just for Verdi fans.

	
What better way to ring in the New Year than with an exciting program featuring all your favorites from the world of opera performed by members of The Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus. Enjoy overtures and melodies from Mozart, Rossini, Bizet and Leoncavallo alongside dances, choruses and other works from Verdi, Borodin, and Wagner. 

operatic favorites

Lensic Performing Arts Center

At one of her lavish parties, celebrated Parisan courtesan Violetta is introduced to Alfredo Germont. The two fall madly in love, and though hesitant to leave behind her life of luxury and freedom, Violetta follows her heart. But the young couple’s happiness is short-lived, as the harsh realities of life soon come knocking.

RBO: La Traviata

Chelmsford Theatre

Verdi’s celebrated dramatic masterpiece is a triumph of opera, brimming with some of its greatest musical highlights.

Rigoletto has everything one could wish for in Italian opera: a gripping storyline and unforgettable melodies that stay with you long after the curtain falls—including the famous tenor aria La donna è mobile.

Royal Danish Opera

It is common knowledge that Giuseppe Verdi, by nature a critical man, not only found much to disapprove of in the trends of his day but also subjected his own work to a continuous process of editing and revision.

Season Ticket S04 - OSG Youth Orchestra

Opera House, A Coruña

Some stories unfold in words. Others in sound. This program brings together music that speaks of struggle, resilience, and joy. Verdi’s Nabucco Overture opens with bold, sweeping melodies that have the heart of an opera and the soul of a revolution. Pianist Han Chen then joins us for Jared Miller’s Shattered Night, a piece that explores chaos and hope, breaking apart and rebuilding before our ears. And then—Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, a symphony that took years to complete but was well worth the wait. Its final movement bursts with the kind of triumph that only comes after the storm.

Verdi, Miller, & Brahms

Wharton Center for Performing Arts

Galician Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert

ABANCA Pontevedra Foundation Headquarters

Violetta is the most sought-after courtesan of the Parisian demimonde. However, her encounter with Alfredo makes her pleasure-seeking life seem questionable: they fall in love and try to build a life for themselves, far from the fast pleasures of the city...

With Falstaff , his final opera, Verdi created a dazzling comedy, punctuated by incisive dialogue and sparkling music. In this burlesque farce, the pot-bellied, boastful knight believes he can seduce with impunity, but he comes up against the intelligence and solidarity of women. David Hermann turns it into a biting satire of toxic masculinity, where intrigues, disguises, and misunderstandings follow one another in an effervescent production that is somewhere between burlesque and social critique. Carried by the alert direction of Michael Schønwandt—returning, to our great delight, at the helm of the Orchestre de Montpellier—Verdi's teeming score unleashes its jubilant energy: whirling ensembles, bouncy rhythms, and a dizzying final fugue that reminds us, with Falstaff , that "everything in the world is a farce"!

Opéra Comédie

New Year's Eve concert

Kurpark Bad Oeynhausen

Konzerthalle, Bad Salzuflen

Brakel Town Hall

Bünde Town Hall

Kurhaus, Hamm

Stadtpark Schützenhof Hangül GmbH

Sporthalle Marne

Minden City Theater

St. Ambrosius, Ostbevern

Paderhalle Paderborn

Cultura - Sparkassentheater on the Ems

Hall at the gymnasium

Our singers together with the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra set off acoustic fireworks at the "Great New Year's Eve Concert" in Duisburg Theatre, which brings the year to an amusing close with great opera music. Let us surprise you!

Grand New Year's Eve concert

Theater Duisburg

Experience a glamorous start to the new year with a concert that will take you from Italy to Spain and Vienna! With masterpieces by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Verdi and Johann Strauss, we celebrate the turn of the year together with the Philharmonie Salzburg and chief conductor Elisabeth Fuchs .

New Year's Eve concerts - Dancing into the new year

Bruckmühle

Town Hall Mattighofen

Ferry Porsche Congress Center

From the fiery intensity of Mars to the serene beauty of Venus and the mystery of Neptune, Holst’s awe-inspiring suite captures the character of each planet with unforgettable power and emotion. This is classical music at its most cinematic and thrilling, conducted by Lee Reynolds with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Planets

Barbican Centre

Czech Chamber Music Society • Alinde Quintet

Rudolfinum

Themes of power, revenge, and the supernatural make Shakespeare’s Macbeth a natural prospect for operatic treatment. Unlike the questionably loose Shakespeare adaptations from earlier in the century, Verdi and Piave’s Macbeth is one of the first Italian operas to engage directly with the original.

From the raucous witches (here magnified into a chorus) to the machinations and ravings of Lady Macbeth to a terrifying vision of Banquo’s ghost and his royal line, Verdi’s music more than rises to the dramatic challenges. This promises to be a thrilling evening for Verdians and Shakespeare lovers alike.

Verdi’s Macbeth

Cadogan Hall 

Violin virtuoso Akiko Suwanai joins Kahchun Wong for Tchaikovsky’s characterful Violin Concerto. After winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition at the age of 18, Akiko Suwanai has become a violinist of global acclaim. Following a strident opening with the overture from Verdi’s opera The Force of Destiny, her performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is sure to be a highlight. Spirited and technically demanding, the work is a real showcase for the instrument. Mendelssohn wrote his Fourth Symphony after a trip to Italy in 1830. The work is a series of affectionate musical impressions of the country, each movement evoking Mediterranean sunshine, rolling countryside and monumental architecture.

The Hallé – Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

The Bridgewater Hall

After winning the International Tchaikovsky Competition at the age of 18, Akiko Suwanai has become a violinist of global acclaim. Following a strident opening with the overture from Verdi’s opera The Force of Destiny, her performance of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is sure to be a highlight. Spirited and technically demanding, the work is a real showcase for the instrument.

Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

"Day of wrath, that terrible day." So begins the medieval se­quence that lies at the heart of Verdi's Requiem. Verdi's depic­tion of the Day of Judgment, and of man's terror, as well as fortitude, in the face of it, is as viscerally charged and dramati­cally poignant as any scene from the greatest of his operas. The sacred and the secular meet in this most unusual of requiems. Verdi was not a religious man. He was acutely attuned to suffering in this world but not much concerned about what might come after. The four eloquent singers - one is tempted to say "protagonists" declaim the words of the mass, but not as if preaching the word of the Lord. Rather, they depict, with sometimes harrowing explicitness, the very human reactions that they have to those words. Of all the really famous religious works of the past, the Verdi Requiem is perhaps the one most in tune with the temper of our times."

VERDI Concert

Boston Symphony Hall

A Voyage of Discovery and Fate

Albert Hall Conference Centre

At the age of almost 80, Giuseppe Verdi, who had already achieved mythical status, once again achieved sensational success with this opera. Using the brilliant libretto of the much younger Arrigo Boito as a starting point, he created a masterpiece of comic opera after five decades of tragic works. Although it is based on the same material as Otto Nicolai’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, Verdi succeeded in writing a distinct, subversive version of the comedy.

Bebelplatz

The November darkness may be thick, but we get to enjoy a dazzling opera gala with world-renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann. This unique, generous evening offers familiar opera favourites, together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jochen Rieder.

Opera Gala with Jonas Kaufmann

Göteborgs Symfoniker

2. Philharmonic Evening

Graz Congress

Ettinger Grigorian

Each season ticket purchase will provide you with one ticket to each of the upcoming six concerts of the season. If there is a concert you cannot attend, we can either donate your ticket to a student/veteran or provide you with extra tickets to a different concert date.

The Great New World Symphony

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

Giuseppe Verdi sends his protagonist Rigoletto on an emotional rollercoaster ride between feigned hilarity, honest paternal love and human abysses. Director Ute M. Engelhardt takes a look behind the facade of the joker and into the maw of the brutalised society in which the title hero finds himself. On the podium: chief conductor Vassilis Christopoulos, who once again devotes himself to a Verdi opera after his gripping interpretation of Macbeth.

Oper Graz

Cycle Two: Echoes Of Triumph

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Arizona

DesertView Performing Arts Center

Verdi based his opera La Traviata on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias about the courtesan Marie Duplessis. In the opera, she is called Violetta and lives a carefree life, being courted by rich men. But Violetta is also seriously ill.

La Traviata - The Jutland Opera

Aalborg Central Waterfront

Set in Renaissance Italy, this famous and beloved tragedy from composer Giuseppe Verdi is a dramatic tale of love, betrayal, and revenge that centers on Rigoletto, the hunchbacked jester for the morally corrupt and womanizing Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto’s latest jest at the expense of the Duke and his guests spurs a vendetta that consumes the jester’s life. Featuring a renowned cast, this is opera at its finest, filled with familiar tunes like “La donna è mobile,” “Questa o quella,” & “Caro nome,” and a story that will leave you breathless. See why this masterpiece has electrified audiences for generations with its compelling drama, historic relevance, and powerful music!

Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

Verdi’s Requiem

Paramount Theatre Oakland

Men don't fall in love with courtesans! That's the opinion of Alfredo's father after his son moves in with the mortally ill Violetta Valéry. In her love for Alfredo Violetta even agrees. She leaves him, dies poor, ill – still dreaming of the happiness of true love. One of Verdi's most beloved operas continues to hold the mirror up to society and its hypocritical morality. An exemplary production! See it!

A political drama about a bloody seizure of power, namely the rise and terrible fall of the Scottish military leader Macbeth and his wife, are at the heart of Verdi’s opera, based on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Barrie Kosky's production is «an aesthetic milestone in the work’s reception» (NZZ). It radically concentrates on the protagonists’ inner perspective in a ghostly jet-black stage space. Gianandrea Noseda navigates Verdi’s bold score. Roman Burdenko and Ekaterina Semenchuk sing the roles of the couple shattered by fears and madness.

Macbeth

The somewhat down-and-out knight Falstaff, who is blessed with self-confidence, makes his way in life as a man of action and searches for money and amorous adventures. He may not be successful, but Falstaff always wins the hearts of the audience. Conclusion of the cheerfully witty opera:"Everything is fun on earth!"

When the young heir falls for the good-hearted party girl, the path of love starts with romance and tenderness but ends in tragedy. La traviata (“The Fallen Woman”) sweeps you into a world where society’s judgments clash with the deepest human emotions, where passion struggles against rigid demands of family and honor. Violetta, a celebrated courtesan, dares to reach for true love in a world that denies her the right to it. Renowned director Francesca Zambello highlights the emotional depth of Verdi’s masterpiece, a score that pulses with dramatic intensity and tenderness.

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Opera’s most powerful moments come alive as wcfsymphony partners with the Met Chorale, directed by Ryan Occeña, and Bel Canto Cedar Valley, directed by Alice Reid Pruisner, to bring the genre’s greatest choruses to the concert stage. From Verdi’s La Traviata to Mozart’s Magic Flute and beyond, this unforgettable evening of opera’s greatest hits will fill the hall with energy, emotion, and the strength of many voices singing as one.

Opera For All!

Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center

The Republic of Genoa is split into two camps headed by their respective arch rivals, Simon Boccanegra and Fiesco, who have been at loggerheads for decades. Yet the two men are connected by a long-dead woman – Fiesco’s daughter, the lover of Simon – who bore Simon a daughter named Amelia, who in turn vanished into care as an infant. When Amelia reappears 25 years later, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle that eventually claims Simon. The original version of SIMON BOCCANEGRA, which premiered in 1857, is one of Verdi’s explorations into the dichotomy between public actions and private urges. Here, the stark differences between the two old men, Simon and Fiesco, set the stage for suspicion, conspiracy and assassination – with little prospect of a happy end. And not even the victory of one side can guarantee a lasting peace.

For the first time in over a decade, this iconic Verdi opera returns to Kentucky Opera. Immerse yourself in the world of Violetta, a determined and famed courtesan, who abandons everything for love.  

Kentucky Opera

Get ready for a grand tour of Europe with beloved travel expert Rick Steves as your guide. Rick Steves’ Symphonic Europe is a one-of-a-kind concert event that combines breathtaking symphonic music with stunning video from Rick’s acclaimed PBS travel series—projected above the orchestra in high-definition and synchronized live with the music.

From the noble beauty of Elgar and the rhapsodic sweep of Smetana’s The Moldau to the joyful grandeur of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and the iconic charm of Strauss’s Emperor Waltz, each piece in this globe-trotting program evokes a different place, tradition, or cultural landmark. Rick Steves appears on screen throughout the concert, sharing personal insights and stories that deepen the audience’s connection to each work and destination.

Rick Steves’ Symphonic Europe

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

Verdi’s Requiem with the Nashville Symphony Chorus

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

“Klassikatähed” (Rising Stars of Classics) is more than just a competition, it’s an extraordinary journey for young musicians. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions, from the exhilarating highs to the nail-biting tension. But above all, it’s an experience that forges lifelong friendships. While circumstances of recent years have created some challenges, the journey of these gifted young artists is now back on your television screens.

Klassikatähed 2025 gala concert

Estonia Concert Hall

Vanemuise kontserdimaja

Two peoples find themselves in the barbaric grip of war after Nabucco and his troops attack Jerusalem. The Babylonian ruler and Zaccaria, the leader of the Hebrews, do not budge an inch from their opposing viewpoints in this profound conflict, while the daily grind of war continues to bring new suffering to both peoples. The seemingly hopeless conflict does not even stop at their own families: Zaccaria holds Nabucco's favorite daughter Fenena hostage, while she has long since changed sides out of love for Ismaele and lives among the enemy people. Nabucco's other daughter, Abigaille, envies her sister's happiness and her father's throne and forges disastrous plans...

German Oper am Rhein

A concert filled with joyful singing! Follow along on a journey of discovery through the alphabet, with popular songs by Kerstin Andeby from A to Ö – performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Brunnsbo Music Classes. For ages 6-9.

School concert: Maja’s Alphabet Songs

 Verdi wrote the opera La Traviata in 1853,  based on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias about the courtesan Marie Duplessis. The novel, as well as Verdi's opera, has since been the basis for many interpretations, such as the films  Pretty Woman  and  Moulin Rouge  , as well as a long series of ballets, novels and plays. The woman's decline and her apparent lack of moral compass have always fascinated.

The Jutland Opera / La Traviata

The Royal Danish Theatre

War, flight, hatred and revenge characterize the grand portrait that Giuseppe Verdi created in «La forza del destino». Amid this unpredictable interplay of forces, Leonora and Alvaro search for each other, fight for their love, experience persecution, find refuge in faith, and are crushed by inexorable fate. Director Valentina Carrascothe Catalan, who was a member of the Catalan theater collective La Fura dels Baus, uses Verdi’s monumental scenes as an opportunity to question the values of war and peace in the 21st century, creating a dystopian fantasy. Anna Netrebko returns to Zurich as Leonora. General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is on the podium.

The strength of destiny

La traviata opens Opera Colorado’s 2025-26 Season, inviting audiences to discover why it remains one of the most beloved operas of all time. Violetta is a courtesan who gives up everything for the man she loves, only to face a tragic fate. Set against the backdrop of glamorous 1850s Paris, La traviata is filled with unforgettable melodies, including the rousing “Drinking Song” and the sorrowful “Addio, del passato.” Don’t miss this poignant tale of love, sacrifice, and redemption, brought to life with Verdi’s exquisite music.

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 14, 2025 - Apr 28, 2026

Recital Rolando Villazon · Wiener Staatsoper

Oct 15, 2025 - Jun 24, 2026

Espresso concert · Oper Graz

Nov 4, 2025 - Jun 14, 2026

Nabucco · Deutsche Oper am Rhein

Nov 15, 2025 - Mar 21, 2026

Rigoletto · Oper Graz

Jan 11 - Mar 22, 2026

Don Carlo · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Past events

19 - 24 Mar, 2026

Simon Boccanegra · Polish National Opera

19 - 21 Mar, 2026

An Opera Night with Riccardo Muti · Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association

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