Composer

He accepts the chance to lead the Republic of Genoa with the hope of uniting his family. But on the very day Simon Boccanegra is elected doge, tragedy strikes—his beloved dies, and his infant daughter vanishes. Now, 25 years later, Boccanegra is a seasoned leader balancing opposing political factions. As he works to bring stability to a fractured republic, fate gives him one more chance at the family reunion he’s longed to secure. 

Simon Boccanegra is both an intimate story of love, loss, and reconciliation, and a larger political allegory for a divided Italy aching for unity. For Verdi, peace can only be achieved when broken bonds are mended—whether between father and daughter, or rival factions of a splintered nation. 

Music Director Eun Sun Kim returns to her exploration of Verdi with this powerful score, filled with some of the most stirring music he ever composed.

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Simon Boccanegra

War Memorial Opera House

Nadine Sierra, hailed by the Guardian for her ‘vocally breathtaking’, ‘sensationally good’ Lucia at the Royal Opera House in 2024, opens Wigmore Hall’s Season with a delightful musical voyage that begins in the dazzling world of Belle Époque Paris, where seductive melodies enchanted opera and salon audiences alike. The American lyric coloratura soprano then turns her captivating blend of vocal beauty and agility, musical artistry and charismatic stage presence to works infused with Latin passion and soul.

Nadine Sierra soprano; Bryan Wagorn piano

Wigmore Hall

When the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi decided in 1853 to make a courtesan the heroine of an opera, it was more than unusual; indeed, it was scandalous. Verdi was inspired to create his opera La traviata by the true life story of Marie Duplessis, who had died only a few years earlier – a story immortalized by Alexandre Dumas the Younger in his novel The Lady of the Camellias . Like Dumas, however, Verdi is not concerned with depicting reality, but rather with telling a story, exploring the tightrope walk between fate and self-determination. 

La traviata

City Theatre, Bern

Aida

San Carlo Theatre

One of Italy’s greatest composers embraces one of Shakespeare’s most iconic tragedies. Dark, blood-soaked and unrelenting – and essential viewing for any opera lover.

Macbeth

The Royal Danish Playhouse

After meeting for the first time, the two are in love. Surprisingly, the Spanish King Philip II announces that he wants to marry Elisabeth himself. Elisabeth complies for reasons of state. The liberal Marquis Posa advises his desperate friend Don Carlo to become politically active for a better future for Flanders. However, this puts Don Carlo and Posa in dangerous opposition to the overpowering Grand Inquisitor.

Don Carlo

Vienna State Opera

The opera Nabucco, depicting the dramatic story of the subjugation of the Israelites by the King of Babylon, ranks among Guiseppe Verdi’s most celebrated works. Phenomenal chorus scenes, extremely impassioned virtuoso arias, as well as the perennially topical themes of expansive war, lust for power, betrayal, life and death, are the reasons why it has always been a staple of opera houses’ repertoire.

Nabucco

State Opera

Giuseppe Verdi’s La traviata, to the libretto based on Alexandre Dumas’s novel La Dame aux camélias, about Marie Duplessis, the famous courtesan and idol of Parisian society in the 1840s, is actually the very first major opera treating a contemporary social theme. The work’s premiere in 1863 in Venice was a flop: the audience was appalled that the lead role had been assigned to a courtesan who, what’s more, was portrayed in a positive light. Yet Verdi’s opera soon started garnering plaudits and is now one of the most popular repertoire titles the world over.

The Royal Swedish Opera's traditional participation in Parkteatern's annual program: every summer cultural experiences are offered on outdoor stages around Stockholm - completely free.

The Opera in the park

Vitabergsparken

Zurich Opera presents Giuseppe Verdi’s stunning opera, A Masked Ball, filled with desire, treachery and political peril.

Verdi’s A Masked Ball

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Concert in the Wallenstein Garden

Waldstein Garden

A dramatic and terrifying requiem juxtaposed by a beautiful gloria dedicated to all the heroes of Ukraine, performed in the iconic St Paul's Cathedral, a symbol of shining resilience.

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra Verdi Requiem

St. Paul's Cathedral London

Hot off the plane from their annual Festival in Tuscany, Sinfonia Smith Square brings a taste of Italy to their home at Smith Square Hall with a whistle-stop tour of some much-loved Italian music. Grab some gelato and be transported to an Italian piazza.

Sinfonia Smith Square’s Guide to Italy

Smith Square Hall

Verdi’s electrifying Requiem—with its blazing choruses, dramatic operatic solos, and powerful orchestra—marks the return of our One City Choir, in partnership with Cantata Singers, led by Noah Horn. Randall Thompson’s The Testament of Freedom, with texts of Thomas Jefferson, continues our celebration of America 250.

Verdi Requiem

Hatch Memorial Shell

Following his triumphs with Aida and Tristan und Isolde, Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings us another grand Verdi opera this summer, blending tragic love, political intrigue, and a dark, fantastical atmosphere. Accompanied by the Orchestre Métropolitain and an exceptional vocal cast, Yannick Nézet-Séguin brings the 49th Festival de Lanaudière to a close, just weeks before inaugurating a new production of Macbeth at the Metropolitan Opera.

Macbeth by Nézet-Séguin

Festival de Lanaudière

When Courtesan Violetta and nobleman Alfredo meet, it does not take them long to give in to love. Their whirlwind romance takes them from the bustling social salons of Paris into the quiet French countryside. She leaves a life of luster and riches behind. He angers his father by living in sin with an impure woman. After a visit by Alfredos father, Violetta realizes, that them being together is destroying Alfredo’s life and his family’s reputation. She returns to her former life and is confronted by an angry Alfredo, who thinks she has used him. Some time passes by, and Violetta is on her deathbed. Tuberculosis has struck her down. Poor and alone, she awaits death. When Alfredo learns the reason why Violetta left him and that she is dying, he comes to her. They plan to leave Paris, but there is no time left.

After Alexandre Dumas’ The Lady of the Camellias Verdi composed an opera full of undying melodies, beginning with the famous drinking song “Libiamo ne ‘liete calici” via Violettas heart-wrenching aria “Estrano…Af fors’e lui” to Violetta and Alfredo’s hopeful, yet sad Duetto “Parigi, o cara”. It is no wonder, that La Traviata is one of the most played operas.

La Traviata

Olavinlinna

At the Duke’s infamous parties, one man’s words light the darkness with a sinister glitter. Among the glamorous girls and greasy gangsters, Rigoletto serves his master with sharp wits and averted eyes.

Rigoletto

Sydney Opera House

Chiaroscuro meets Busby Berkeley meets Boris Karloff in a staging designed by takis, lit by Simon Corder and choreographed by Steve Elias. Close cousin to Gaitanou’s much loved production of La traviata (2018, 2021, 2024) in its theatrical exuberance and psychological sensitivity, Un ballo in maschera was hailed in The Independent as “a triumphant meld of lighting, design and choreography” and The Spectator as “musically exemplary”, with particular praise across the press for the work of the Opera Holland Park Chorus.

Un ballo in maschera

Opera Holland Park

Kaufmann / Tézier

The Perelada Festival inaugurates its summer edition with the presence of an exceptional couple formed by two of the most outstanding voices on the current opera scene: the soprano Ermonela Jaho and the tenor Benjamin Bernheim, accompanied on the piano by Marcos Madrigal.

Benjamin Bernheim & Ermonela Jaho

Church of Carmel

Step into the glittering world of nineteenth century Paris as one of opera's most unforgettable love stories takes centre stage. La traviata is Verdi at full brilliance, weaving a tale that shimmers with glamour, passion, and heartbreak. At its heart is Violetta, a woman adored by society yet living a life defined by fragility and compromise. When the earnest and hopeful Alfredo enters her world, she dares to imagine a future shaped by love rather than expectation. Their romance is intoxicating, but the world they inhabit is quick to judge, and their happiness comes under threat from the very forces they long to escape.

Buxton Opera House

Garsington Opera is the Philharmonia’s summer home. We spend our summers in the stunning Wormsley Estate, set in the natural beauty of the Chiltern Hills, performing operas that are of the highest artistic quality. The experience of Garsington is not just the outstanding performances – which have become some of the best this country has to offer – but the exquisite experience of country house opera at its finest. As a Philharmonia Patron recently said, at Garsington, you just know that everything is going to be done right.

Philharmonia Patrons trip to La traviata at Garsington Opera

Wormsley

Internationally-acclaimed soprano Sonya Yoncheva joins pianist Malcolm Martineau for a radiant evening of Italian and Spanish song. From Puccini’s lyrical gems to Verdi’s intimate miniatures and Albéniz’s sultry Tango, this programme reveals Yoncheva’s expressive depth in repertoire that spans operatic passion and poetic introspection.

Sonya Yoncheva soprano; Malcolm Martineau piano

Babylonian king Nabucco invades and robs the Jewish population, subjecting them to slavery and forced labour. Power intoxicates and deludes him. It makes the king play god. Meanwhile, the bitter Abigaille, one of the strongest female roles in the operatic repertoire, awaits her own moment of revenge and plots against the young lovers Ismaele and Fenena.

This stellar festival gala concert will welcome one of the greatest figures on the contemporary opera scene. Bryn Terfel, an operatic legend with the charisma of a world star, will perform a programme that transcends the boundaries of genres and styles. He will be joined by Slovak soprano Slávka Zámečníková. The evening will feature famous opera arias, musical theatre melodies and distinctive Welsh songs, promising an exceptional experience full of emotion and vocal virtuosity.

Opera Gala – Bryn Terfel & Slávka Zámečníková

Litomyšl Castle

The first Shakespeare play the composer adapted, Verdi calling the tragedy "one of the greatest creations of man". Our first production of this masterpiece is directed by award-winning director Karolina Sofulak and conducted by rising star Nil Venditti, who made her BBC Proms debut in 2024 and is currently Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

Longborough Festival Opera

Chamber Concert “Italia and Germania”

Evangelische Akademie Tutzing

Munich Residence

“A Night at the Opera” brings the grand tradition of European opera into our American Adventures season, celebrating the larger-than-life drama, romance, and spectacle that have captivated audiences for centuries. This performance will showcase highlights of the work in concert format, featuring the Summit Choral Society alongside soloists selected from Central City Opera’s prestigious Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Young Artists Training Program. Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute sets the stage with brilliance and mystery, its noble chords and quicksilver passages opening the door to a world of fantasy. From Rossini’s swaggering “Largo al factotum” to Bizet’s sultry “Habanera,” from the thunder of Verdi’s Anvil Chorus to the soaring triumph of “Nessun dorma,” this program unfolds as a gallery of unforgettable moments—choruses, duets, and overtures that showcase opera’s full emotional range, from intimate confession to exhilarating spectacle. 

A Night at the Opera

Riverwalk Center

Viva Italia! In their season finale concert, the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko transform the Waldbühne into a slice of Italy. Start tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who has sung his way to the top of the global opera scene, performs some of the most beautiful arias from Italian operas, allowing us to dream of the South under the Berlin stars. With Respighi’s evocative tone poems Pini di Roma and Fontane di Roma, we walk through the Eternal City – from the pines of the Villa Borghese to the glittering Trevi Fountain.

Kirill Petrenko and Jonas Kaufmann at the Waldbühne

Waldbühne Berlin

The emotions of ‘Va, pensiero’ as you have never experienced them before. Come and marvel at Nabucco, the choral drama par excellence, in a poetic and visionary production designed by Stefano Poda.

Arena di Verona

Windrush and Migrations Opera in Concert

A powerful evening of opera celebrating journey, resilience and belonging. Featuring Migrations by Todd Wills and Windrush Opera by Des Oliver and Edson Burton, this concert brings to life the stories, memories and voices of migration through moving music and bold storytelling. A perfect way to mark Windrush Day 2026!

Windrush & Migrations

Broadway Theatre Catford

A woman was once burned at the stake for being a witch - an event whose dark shadows extend to present times. A thrilling drama begins to unfold: Azucena, the daughter of the executed woman, swears to avenge her mother's death. In return, she kidnaps one of the sons of the old Count Luna, who is responsible for the execution. In the glistening madness of revenge, however, she no longer recognizes whether she is killing her own child or the son of the despised count. Years later, Azucena's now grown-up son, the titular troubadour Manrico, and the young Count Luna not only face each other in the civil war, they are also rivals for Leonora's love... Giuseppe Verdi stages the emotional extremes of his characters in a gripping and melodic way in this work, which, along with “Rigoletto” and “La traviata”, is part of his 'Trilogia popolare'.

Il trovatore

German Oper am Rhein

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Radvanovsky/De Tommaso

All opera lovers are invited to a new production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Traviata" on Saturday, June 20, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) in the historic Lindenfels Castle ruins. The Opera Classica Europa ensemble presents one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in music history.

The dramatic plot unfolds in Parisian society in the mid-19th century. The central figure is the terminally ill courtesan Violetta Valéry, who must sacrifice her great love for Alfredo Germont to societal constraints and the prevailing moral standards of the time.

Lindenfels Castle

Eppstein Castle

Espenschied village center

Violetta leads a life of excess: men, money, and alcohol without end, and one party after another. But the young high-class prostitute is terminally ill. At the height of her youth, she, who refuses to believe in love, is overwhelmed by it. Happiness is short-lived, reconciliation comes too late: Violetta ultimately dies impoverished and alone, a martyr of a society that has no place for outsiders.

Detmold Theatre

An opportunity to hear Verdi’s great choral masterpiece, as Canterbury Choral Society and its Youth Choir demonstrate their power and expressive range in this dramatic work.

Verdi, the opera composer, combines his operatic roots in the great arias with a sense of universal spaciousness in the choruses of telling splendour. One of the most enduring choral favourites from the 19th century, the Requiem brings together a wide-ranging palette combining all his finest attributes – touching lyricism, luxuriant orchestral colour, and choruses which range from the whispered to earth-shattering fortissimos, stretching soloists and choir alike to extremes.

Canterbury Choral Society present Verdi: Requiem

Canterbury Cathedral

Better than a summary, the most exquisite distillation of the Maestrissimo Muti's repertoire. Beneath its Italian airs, the first part offers a platform for France. It was for the Paris Opera that Giuseppe Verdi made his palette blaze in the ballet of the Sicilian Vespers , and it was to the Universal Exhibition of 1878 that Alfredo Catalani, author of the immortal Wally , dedicated the caress of his Contemplazione . After the interval, the thunderbolt of Tchaikovsky's Fourth , the conductor's beloved symphony, a force of destiny in its own right, fell.

Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 / Riccardo Muti

Maison de la Radio et de la Musique

Verdi & Liszt

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

"He was your brother... You are avenged, Mother!"
Azucena
When Count Luna and the troubadour Manrico not only find themselves as enemies in a bloody civil war, but also fall in love with the same woman, a fatal tragedy unfolds: Leonora poisons herself, and Manrico is executed by Luna, who then learns that he killed his own brother, believed to be long lost. Manrico had grown up unrecognized by Azucena, who once witnessed the old Count Luna burn her mother at the stake. Deeply traumatized, Azucena swore revenge, kidnapped the count's younger son, and accidentally killed her own child in his place.
With his drama "El Trovador" ( The Troubadour) , Antonio García Gutiérrez wrote the most successful and popular stage work of the Spanish Romantic era in 1836. Giuseppe Verdi was so captivated by this dark romance of love and hate, jealousy and revenge that he used it as the basis for his opera Il Trovatore in 1849/50, without a commission and thus without a guarantee of a premiere . In it, he found the age-old motif of fraternal strife intertwined with the questions of fate, chance, and inner necessity that had always fascinated him. He knew how to carve his characters out of this bizarre story in a highly sophisticated way. His musical imagination was ignited by their contradictions, their imprisonment, and their longings.

The Troubadour

Staatstheater Hannover

Wine, women, and good food—life could be so simple. At least, if it were up to Sir John Falstaff, who is always on the lookout for new pleasures. But when the coffers are empty, the hunter becomes careless: Falstaff sends wooing letters to two married women, but makes the tactical error of making the letters identical except for the salutation. He doesn't expect the two women he's courting, Alice Ford and Meg Page, to be friends, which includes a conversation about the unexpected mail. As soon as the women discover the transparent scam, they start plotting to stop the supposed suitor. Especially since they can also use the opportunity to save Alice's daughter Nannetta from being married, at her father's request, to a man Nannetta can't stand. The only thing to watch out for is the jealous stalking of Ford's husband.

Falstaff

Staatstheater Mainz

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Mascoulisse Quartet presents a project entirely dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, approached from a historical and profoundly musical perspective.

Mascoulisse Quartet: PROGETTO VERDIANO - VERDI 1901

Gaetano Donizetti Theater

Experience the thrilling conclusion of the 2025-26 season with a concert performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto, featuring artists famous for bringing their roles to life on international stages. This is the second production of Music Director Jonathon Heyward’s ambitious four-year Verdi Opera Initiative.

Verdi's Rigoletto Conducted by Heyward

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Music Center at Strathmore

The world’s most loved and performed opera, Giuseppe Verdi’s masterpiece, will open the 103rd Arena di Verona Opera Festival in a new production which, for the first time in Arena history, will bring one of the French capital’s most iconic institutions to Verona: the Moulin Rouge.

Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces represent the composer's spiritual testament and achieve unprecedented dramatic power – from the poignant lyricism of the Ave Maria to the monumentality of the Te Deum . They will be performed by the Chorus of the Montpellier National Opera, prepared by Noëlle Gény. In counterpoint, Schubert's Symphony No. 5 , composed at the age of 19 in the euphoria of his discovery of Mozart, embodies a vibrant homage to Viennese classicism. Under the sensitive direction of Italian conductor Clelia Cafiero, the strings dialogue with Mozartian transparency, while the woodwinds bring a pastoral hue to this youthful work that adopts romantic harmonic colors. Between fervor and light, an evening where the sacred is by turns intimate and grandiose.

Sacred Pieces

Opéra Comédie

Christmas Eve, 1871. In Cairo’s newly built opera house, the curtain rises on the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida. This is a turning point in cultural history, when an occidental passion for exoticism and an oriental interest in European high culture come together to create great art. Very few works of opera have achieved such widespread popularity. And rightly so: with its thrilling musical effects, exotic sounds and tableaux, the colourful instrumentation and monumental scenes alternating with moments of great intimacy, Aida is a true musical and dramatic treasure trove. And that’s not all. Through the tragic love affair between the Ethiopian princess Aida and the Egyptian army commander Radamès, torn between the interests of state, church and family, Giuseppe Verdi reflects on the crisis-ridden plight of the modern individual, ending with a highly moving plea for the utopian power of love.

Semperoper Dresden

Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem is one of the greatest works of choral symphonic literature. The Collegium Musicum of Goethe University Frankfurt will perform this monumental work at the Alte Oper with 400 performers, including partner choirs from Frankfurt, Cologne and Vilnius, as well as international soloists.

Concert of the Goethe University

Alte Oper

Conner Leavitt, tenor

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

He commands a world empire and yet he is deeply unsettled. Philip II of Spain not only fears losing command but also feels betrayed and deserted by his wife Elizabeth von Valois: she and his son Carlo are in love. Over all this hangs the threatening shadow of the Inquisition. In vain, King Philip seeks trust in a hostile world.

Bebelplatz

Verdi’s La Traviata

Town Hall Theater

One of opera’s most enduring masterpieces, with music of exquisite tenderness and lyricism, Verdi’s La traviata is a tragic story that is both powerful and deeply touching. Returning after their sparkling production of Platée (2024) and RPS Awardwinning The Turn of the Screw (2019/22) are director Louisa Muller and designer Christopher Oram. We also welcome back Madison Leonard and Oleksiy Palchycov as Violetta and Alfredo, whose partnership delighted us all in L’elisir d’amore last year. The Philharmonia Orchestra will perform under the baton of Douglas Boyd, and Tess Jackson will make her conducting debut with Garsington Opera for two performances.

"Luisa Miller" is Giuseppe Verdi’s third setting of a play by Friedrich Schiller. “It is a great drama, full of passion and very effective in theatrical terms,” the composer wrote to the librettist Salvadore Cammarano about “Kabale und Liebe”...

Luisa Miller

Hamburg State Opera

The director's motto for this striking production is a phrase taken from Nirvana frontman Curt Cobain's farewell letter: "It's better to burn out than to fade away." Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata , in Mariusz Treliński's staging, is a spectacle about a star who burns out in its own light. In the director's interpretation, Verdi's masterpiece becomes a portrait of the artistic community.

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

It was his first great success, in a sense, his breakthrough: Nabucco. Premiered at Milan’s Scala in the spring of 1842, this work marks the start of the brilliant career of Giuseppe Verdi, who would become the leading Italian opera composer, going virtually unrivalled for decades. Set in biblical times in Jerusalem and Babylon, Nabucco deals with the fates of two peoples and cultures, but also the arrogance of the protagonist, who with an inflated sense of self-importance declares himself a god, only then to descend into madness. Tableaux with ceremonial gestures and poignant music, such as the famous chorus “Va pensiero” sung by the imprisoned Hebrews, are combined with scenes of intense expression, filled with drama and passion.

Unter den Linden & Bebelplatz

In the middle of his career, Giuseppe Verdi with «created one of his most diverse scores». Embedded in effective ensemble scenes that oscillate between operetta-like, mysterious oracular magic and dark conspiracy drama, Verdi focuses on the private fate of a politician: Riccardo, the governor of Boston, is in love with Amelia, the wife of his best friend and advisor Renato. When the two are discovered during a passionate nocturnal encounter, Renato joins the conspirators and discovers Riccardo's disguise at the masked ball.

A Masked Ball

Zurich Opera House

As one of the most exciting singers of our time, Nicole Chevalier has been working with Verdi's ‹La traviata› for over fourteen years. At that time still a member of the ensemble in Hanover, Chevalier is now a guest at all the leading houses in Europe: Vienna State Opera, Covent Garden London, Opera de Paris, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg Festival and many more.

Theater Basel

Under the inspired baton of conductor Naomi Woo and accompanied by the Orchestre de l’Agora, the artists of the Atelier lyrique will take the stage to perform the defining highlights of their journey. This unique program, free of a formal narrative, is designed to showcase the excellence, vibrant personality, and remarkable artistic growth of each talent.

Gran finale

Place des Arts

2026 May Concert

University of New Orleans

Escher String Quartet has received acclaim for its profound musical insight and rare tonal beauty. A former BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the quartet has performed at the BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall and is a regular guest at Wigmore Hall. In its home town of New York, the ensemble serves as season artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Brandon Patrick George, hailed as a “knockout musician with a gorgeous sound” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, is a GRAMMY-winning flutist whose repertoire extends from the Baroque era to today. He is the flutist of Imani Winds and has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Baltimore, and Albany symphonies, American Composers Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, among others.

Escher Quartet w. Brandon Patrick George

Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center

After the Kurt Weill Triptych and the Season opening in tribute to Shostakovich, Music Director M° Chailly adds another key milestone to his ongoing exploration of Verdi’s work, completing his survey of the composer’s early operas with the work that marked a turning point. The triumph of Nabucodonosor at La Scala in 1842 signaled the definitive breakthrough of the composer, while also forging a strong bond between the Milanese theatre (and, more broadly, Italian opera) and the emerging spirit of unification and the Risorgimento. The new production, in which the divertissements composed by Verdi for the 1848 revival in Brussels will be performed, marks the La Scala debut of the now well-established talent of Alessandro Talevi, a South African director who has reconnected with his Italian roots. The cast is the best imaginable: Anna Netrebko, Luca Salsi, Francesco Meli, Michele Pertusi, and Veronica Simeoni. Also central to the production is the Chorus, conducted by Alberto Malazzi, performing the iconic “Va, pensiero.”

Nabucodonosor

Teatro alla Scala

Verdi’s Requiem reaches directly into the soul. It is a powerful, emotional journey through life, death, and the hope for something greater. Verdi’s masterpiece carries the weight of his deep personal loss, yet speaks universally to the struggles we all face: the pain of grief, the fear of the unknown, and the search for peace.  

Verdi's Requiem

Keller Auditorium

Celebrate the end of Opera Orlando’s 10th Anniversary Season with stars from the Opera’s past nine seasons singing your favorite opera and broadway hits along with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the Opera Orlando Chorus and Youth Company. This one night only concert will have you singing and partying along with selections from Rigoletto, The Magic Flute, La traviata, Carousel, Les Miserables, and much, much more.

A Decade of Divas

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Set-up in co-production with Teatro Verdi di Pisa, Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna, Teatro Galli di Rimini, Teatro Pavarotti-Freni di Modena, Teatro Goldoni di Livorno, Teatro Valli di Reggio Emilia, Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

Carlo Felice Theater

Janse Barkley, tenor

Macbeth has achieved much. As a military commander, he is respected. But witches prophesy greater things for him and awaken greed within him. With the murder of King Duncan, Macbeth seizes power. Spurred on by his power-hungry wife, he sets in motion a cruel spiral of violence and crime.

Theater Osnabrück

In 1857, Verdi was called on to write an opera for the San Carlo Theatre in Naples, and he immediately began his search for the perfect story. His initial idea was King Lear by Shakespeare, but the lack of time available forced him to fall back on a libretto by Scribe, Gustave III ou Le bal masqué, which had already been set to music by Auber and by Mercadante. The story was inspired by actual events from 1792; the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden by one of his officers during a ball. The subject was undoubtedly controversial, the on-stage murder of a monarch would not pass unnoticed by the Neapolitan censors, who in fact imposed numerous cuts and modifications. But the writer was too fond of the 18th-century traits and the lively French-influenced style of his new opera to be able to accept, among the many requests, the moving of the action to the 12th century, where it would have been impossible “to find a princeling, a duke, a devil, even from the North, who had seen a little of the world and experienced the atmosphere of Louis XIV”. With its Neapolitan debut thus grounded, Un ballo in maschera was staged at the Apollo Theatre in Rome, where it was performed on 17 February 1859.

Known for her radiant voice and deeply expressive artistry, acclaimed soprano Larisa Martínez takes listeners on a journey of passion, poetry, and vibrant musical storytelling as this program explores love in all its forms, from quiet reflection to exuberant celebration.

Larisa Martinez, soprano

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Chamber Concert 5

WDR Funkhaus

It’s a timeless tale of love, sacrifice, and heartbreak. Verdi’s La traviata takes you deep into the world of Violetta, a glamorous Parisian courtesan who falls for the charming Alfredo. Their passionate romance is tragically challenged by social expectations and personal sacrifice, proving that not all love stories have a happy ending—but they’re unforgettable stories all the same.

With some of Verdi’s most beautiful and iconic music (including the famous “Sempre libera” and “Brindisi”), La traviata has everything opera lovers crave—fiery emotions, gorgeous arias, and a plot that pulls at your heartstrings.

Verdi's La traviata

Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre

Soloists of the Maggio Academy

Pieve di San Donnino a Villamagna

Strozzi Fortress

Alex Kondratov, tenor

A Symphony Choir!

Fox Cities Performing Arts Center

The fool in Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production of Rigoletto is clad in poisonous green, and equally toxic is his mockery of the gaggle of courtiers around the Duke of Mantua. But emotionally the fool is a mess, constantly worried about his daughter Gilda, whom he jealously shields from the clutches of the Duke, an infamous rake. When Gilda nevertheless falls victim to the Duke, Rigoletto swears bloody vengeance. But the plan backfires … The hugely successful premiere of Rigoletto took place at the Teatro La Fenice in 1851. Giuseppe Verdi created a score which he himself described as ”revolutionary“ in its ground-breaking musical and dramatic intensity. The end result is a deeply shocking work, and perhaps the best opera by the great Italian.

The history of Traviata

Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi

The Dearborn Symphony closes its 64th season with Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da Requiem—a monumental work of beauty, power, and soul-stirring emotion. With its sweeping scale and operatic intensity, the Requiem is an unforgettable experience for orchestra, chorus, and audience alike.

This performance marks a meaningful homecoming. Verdi’s Requiem was the centerpiece of the inaugural performance at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center 25 years ago, in September 2001. Now, a quarter-century later, the Dearborn Symphony and Vanguard Voices, under the direction of G. Kevin Dewey, reunite to bring this epic work back to the stage where it first launched a new era of the performing arts in Dearborn.

Verdi’s Requiem

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

For racist reasons, Leonora's father disapproves of her relationship with the stranger Alvaro. The two, however, refuse to let go of each other and decide to flee. In doing so, Alvaro unwittingly becomes the father's murderer. Leonora's brother seeks revenge for his father, and a cycle of violence ensues. La forza del destino is Giuseppe Verdi's most expansive opera: a spectacular portrayal of close family ties in times of war, of the Church, of escapism – like a painting by Brueghel. And no matter how much the protagonists resist, they experience life and the world as determined by fate, without escape and without hope for peace and forgiveness.

La forza del destino

Teatro Lirico d’Europe and the Connecticut Virtuosi presents the Tribute to Pavarotti concert program with projections that tell the story of each piece will feature highlights from: Giordano ANDREA CHÉNIER, Bellini NORMA, Verdi IL TROVATORE, Puccini TOSCA, Verdi LA TRAVIATA, Donizetti LA FILLE DU REGIMENT, Puccini LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST, Puccini TURANDOT, and other operas associated with the great tenor’s career plus several romanzas and canzones that Pavarotti’s popularity brought to the attention of the entire world!

Tribute to Pavarotti

First Presbyterian Church of Hartford

Does climate affect the way music is composed? Come find out for yourself in this unusual program juxtaposing works composed near earth’s 45th and 60th parallels, where temperatures and daylight hours differ dramatically. The Escher Quartet offers its signature performances of Verdi and Sibelius, while the indomitable duo of Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian provide bracing cold and soothing warmth.

Verdi and Sibelius Quartets

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

The Requiem of Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most moving and memorable works of the choral repertoire. From the sublime beauty of soaring solo voices to the awe-inspiring power of the full orchestra with large chorus, this powerful music reaches dep into our souls.

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: Verdi's Requiem

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

The Requiem of Giuseppe Verdi is one of the most moving and memorable works of the choral repertoire. From the sublime beauty of soaring solo voices to the awe-inspiring power of the full orchestra with large chorus, this powerful music reaches deep into our souls. To hear this masterpiece sung by the combined choirs of the University of Illinois choral program in the resplendent Foellinger Great Hall will be a stunning experience.

Politics and the private sphere collide fatally in Verdi's opera Simon Boccanegra: The title character, elected by the people as Doge of Genoa, pays with his life for the bitter game of love and power. Thanks in part to his librettist, Arrigo Boito, Verdi succeeded in creating a predominantly somber yet highly fascinating tableau of light and shadow in his 1881 revision of the work. Boccanegra's desperate cry for peace, echoing the words of the poet Petrarch, becomes a timeless plea – and the shimmering sea captured by the orchestra becomes a symbol of hope.

Composer

Giuseppe Verdi

Events

Upcoming events

Aug 29, 2026 - Jan 24, 2027

La traviata · Národní divadlo

Aug 30 - Dec 15, 2026

Nabucco · Národní divadlo

4 - 16 Sep, 2026

Don Carlo · Wiener Staatsoper

5 - 26 Sep, 2026

Macbeth · Det Kongelige Teater

Sep 6, 2026 - Jan 19, 2027

La traviata · Bühnen Bern

Past events

12 - 27 Sep, 2026

Simon Boccanegra · San Francisco Opera

Sep 8, 2026

Nadine Sierra soprano; Bryan Wagorn piano · Wigmore Hall

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