Sicilian Vespers review: Verdi's flawed masterpiece intrigues at Covent Garden
When Verdi's Sicilian Vespers (Les vêpres siciliennes) first appeared in Paris in…
Opera review: Verdi's Falstaff is a Comic Treat at Glyndebourne
Written in the 1890s when the composer was in his late 70s,…
Demonic Damnation Distracts from Verdi's Music in Il Trovatore at the ROH
Il Trovatore is perhaps Verdi's most difficult opera to produce successfully. The…
Verdi's Aida intriguingly updated by the Royal Opera House
I have seen Canadian director Robert Carsen's imaginative production of Aida three…
