Sarasota Opera is world-renowned for its Verdi Cycle. Between 1989 and 2016, the company performed every note that Giuseppe Verdi wrote. It is in that spirit that Sarasota Opera will launch its ...

Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi is certainly one of the world’s experts on the works of composer Giuseppe Verdi. He is, after all, the only person to have conducted every work that ...

It has been 20 years since Sarasota Opera last presented Giuseppe Verdi’s “Stiffelio” as part of its 28-year Verdi Cycle of performing just about every note written by the composer. The opera about a ...

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Vancouver Opera launches its 2025/26 season with Verdi’s Rigoletto, a three-performance run at the end of the month. VO’s first Rigoletto was done back in 1962, and, by my count, this is the company’s ...

To Raise the Curtain on San Francisco Opera’s 103rd season, San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Opera Guild will present Opera Ball on Friday, September 5, 2025. The festive evening includes a ...