Il trovatore

...Saturday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. The event will feature arias, ensembles and duets from the great operas, such as Verdi's "Macbeth" and "Il Trovatore", Bizet's "Carmen", Puccini's "Turandot", Gounod's "Faust" and more. The singing group will...

In this article: Bloomfield High School, Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 2, Bergen County Academies, and Hector Berlioz

...seasonal stars and its popular local chorus, along with its orchestra, will tempt listeners with some of the season's arias. Because "Il Trovatore" - think "Anvil Chorus" - and "The Magic Flute" and "Romeo and Juliet" are part of the season,...

In this article: Naples, The Magic Flute, Romeo and Juliet, and Leonard Bernstein

...promise that has yielded glorious results throughout 2009. With "Otello," the fall season, which began in September with Verdi's "Il Trovatore," comes to a satisfying and suitably large-scale conclusion. For this "Otello," Gockley has...

In this article: Otello, Desdemona, Nicola Luisotti, William Shakespeare, and Emilia

...understated production of Falstaff (1976). He went on to the Welsh National Opera, where he was a staff producer and directed Verdi's Il Trovatore and Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Over the next decade his work as an opera director was seen in...

In this article: Somerset Maugham, Jane Glover, Igor Stravinsky, Eton College, and Stephen Oliver

...undistinguished. Each artist was heard singly in aria and songs and they joined forces for two duets, the "Ai Nostri Monti" from Verdi's "Il Trovatore" and the duet from the final act from his "Aida." Miss Browning sang the aria "Adieu...

In this article: Frederick Jagel, Post-Gazette, and Aida

...new city. Last month he became music director of San Francisco Opera, and his performance of the season's opening production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" won unanimous praise. Wednesday night, the gregarious conductor was on the podium for a new...

In this article: Salome, Salome, Sean Curran, Richard Strauss, San Francisco, Nicola Luisotti, John the Baptist, and Isadora Duncan

...the American composer Daron Aric Hagen, the season is devoted entirely to the 19th-century Italian master: "La traviata" this month, "Il trovatore" in January, and then, in February, "Falstaff," the last opera Verdi composed, and one of the...

In this article: La traviata, Seattle Opera, Giuseppe Verdi, McCaw Hall, La boheme, and Falstaff

...commentary, "Boogie-Boogie-Boogie!" The opera on stage in that scene is among the most popular of all time, Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore. The aria is sung by Azucena, one of the most complex and compelling characters in any opera.

In this article: Giuseppe Verdi and Geneva

...one extraordinary and indelible musical memory. It came during the last act of Friday's potent season-opening performance of Verdi's "Il Trovatore" at the War Memorial Opera House, and even in the context of a generally strong evening,...

In this article: Trademark, San Francisco Chronicle, Nicola Luisotti, Lyric Opera of Chicago, David McVicar, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky

He is being paid to knock home runs with the core Italian repertory that fills seats. And Saturday's performance of Giuseppe Verdi's "Il Trovatore" at War Memorial Opera House was an elegant and reverberating blast into the center-field...

In this article: Nicola Luisotti, Giuseppe Verdi, and San Francisco