The Latest Breaking News from Giuseppe Verdi

‘How can you have a Ferrari without any vroom?’: electric model shocks owners’ club

Suggestion the Luce EV should be stripped of prancing horse logo shows strength of feeling from Ferrari fans

The Guardian - UK · May 30

Milan prison hosts concert with instruments made by inmates from migrant smugglers’ boats

In Milan, a special performance at the Opera prison has featured instruments made from smugglers' boats that brought migrants to Italy

The Independent UK · Jan 12

Royal Opera House cast member unfurls Palestine flag during curtain call

An ROH spokesperson has condemned the action as ‘unauthorised’ and ‘wholly inappropriate’

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2025

Grace Bumbry: Singer who broke opera’s colour barrier

The singer became one of the first African Americans to conquer the international opera stage

The Independent UK · May 13, 2023

Verdi's Requiem brings festival crowds to their feet

The centrepiece of the Adelaide Festival is Christian Spuck's version of Giuseppe Verdi's Messa Da Requiem, with a cast of about 200 performers.

AAP · Mar 10, 2023

Italian opera houses plan Verdi shows to help government buy composer’s home

Cities across the country will host concerts to raise funds that will preserve Verdi’s home of 50 years for the nation

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023

‘Ernani’ opens Lyric Opera season with strong singing and playing, awkward staging

Leads are up to the demands of early Verdi opera, but production doesn’t fully jell.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 12, 2022

Adelaide festival to stage Verdi’s Requiem with a cast of hundreds – and a star choreographer

After Covid thwarted two attempts to bring out Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Messa da Requiem, the festival has finally announced it as next year’s centrepiece

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2022

Muti's legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists

In the twilight of his music directorship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti candidly outlined his legacy and implored musicians to remember his instruction on Giuseppe Verdi’s operas: use the 19th century scores without altered notes

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2022

Superb ‘Un ballo in maschera’ reminds us why Riccardo Muti remains one of the great interpreters of Verdi’s operas

Much like the CSO conductor’s operatic offerings that have come before, this performance was a thrilling, utterly memorable evening of music-making on every level.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 24, 2022