Rigoletto is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian ...

The NJ Association of Verismo Opera will present Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto at Stockton University's Performing Arts Center.

From January 27 to February 26, 2026, Paris’s Opéra Bastille will host a complete showcase of Giuseppe Verdi’s "A Masked Ball ...

San Francisco Opera opens its 103rd season on Friday, September 5 with Opera Ball, the opening night benefit gala co-presented with San Francisco Opera Guild, and Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto (September ...

Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball) is an 1859 opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The text by Antonio Somma was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave ...

Now to a birthday party. Every year, fans of Giuseppe Verdi gather in New York to celebrate him and his operas, like "La Traviata," "Aida" and "Otello." The latest gathering was Friday, marking 212 ...

WEST BAY OPERA, a small company performing in a small theater, is unfailingly big on quality. “Macbeth” is not a huge audience draw anywhere, yet opera lovers are much poorer for not having ...

The three act opera “Rigoletto” — written by Giuseppe Verdi, with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and based on the play “Le roi s’amuse” by Victor Hugo — has been a hit since performance one. Why?

The Royal Opera will revive “Les Vêpres Siciliennes,” a French work experts say has long been overshadowed by an Italian version Verdi did not produce. By David Belcher Teatro Nuovo, which trains ...

Two hundred years ago today, in a small northern Italian village, a couple named Verdi — tavern owners by trade — welcomed the birth of a baby boy who would later change the face of opera forever. And ...