http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-402-giuseppe-verdi/topic-rss.do Giuseppe Verdi RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23639139-something-rotten-in-rigoletto.do Verdi's Rigoletto is Italian opera at its most tunefully delirious but it also outlines a precise anatomy of power's corrosive effects. 2009-02-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23617319-verdis-requiem-strikes-a-good-balance.do LSO brings out the spirituality beneath Verdi’s greasepaint at the Barbican. 2009-01-12T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23584299-milans-finest-operas-to-be-screened-live-in-london.do Performances from La Scala, the legendary opera house, are to be beamed live to London 2008-11-10T10:10:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23555657-proms-brought-to-close-with-flair.do Kitted out in Welsh red dragon coat trimmed with saltire and cross of St George, Bryn Terfel led the lusty crowd in Rule, Britannia! at the Last Night of the Proms. 2008-09-14T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23521167-lufthansa-staff-back-strike-call.do Cabin crews and ground staff at Lufthansa have voted for strike action starting on Sunday 27th which will bring chaos for thousands of visiting businessmen 2008-07-25T13:35:59Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23518909-royal-opera-house-will-broadcast-live-to-cinemas.do The Royal Opera House is to broadcast operas and ballets live to cinemas across Britain this autumn 2008-07-22T08:25:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23507026-don-carlo-takes-opera-to-the-people.do Don Carlo at Covent Garden is the hot opera ticket of the summer - an impassioned production, full of starry names. 2008-07-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23492252-passion-unlocked-in-don-carlo.do National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's staging of Verdi’s Don Carlo at Covent Garden is absorbing and impeccably cast. 2008-06-08T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23490097-il-trovatore-not-dampened-by-weather.do There may have been gipsy curses on the weather but Il Trovatore stormed to success in its opening night at Opera Holland Park. 2008-06-03T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23488531-get-out-there-20-ways-to-enjoy-the-summer.do This is a golden, sunburned age of outdoor entertainment in London. Get out there. Buy a ticket. Crack open a bottle of something cold. Enjoy. 2008-05-30T08:40:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23482536-an-artful-doge-fixes-verdis-wobbly-table.do Several 11th-hour cast changes, together with John Gunter’s oppressive, post-modernist fixed set didn't bode well for Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. 2008-05-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23448287-royal-opera-house-airbrushed-away-my-manhood-claims-naked-actor.do When he was asked to portray the leading role to advertise a Royal Opera House production of Verdi's Rigoletto, the fledgling actor was happy to oblige. But seven years on, with the powerful image still being used to promote the opera on huge billboards, the now established TV and film actor says a vital part of his anatomy has been unflatteringly air-brushed 2008-03-04T15:43:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23441582-high-intensity-from-gergiev.do Valery Gergiev's performance with the Vienna Philharmonic was a reading of characteristic emotional intensity. 2008-02-25T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23440103-these-pirates-have-real-swagger.do An inventive cast and superb and zesty music makes the Pirates of Penzance good enough to make the sceptics smile. 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23434480-brilliance-dimmed-by-a-sales-gimmick.do Natalie Dessay is a true stage animal, but she looked troubled throughout her gig at the Barbican Hall. 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23432481-be-seduced-by-a-superstar.do La Traviata was a triumph of operatic spectacle with the superstar of the 21st century, Anna Netrebko, giving an electrifying performance. 2008-01-15T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23419969-zandra-goes-to-the-opera.do Flamboyant designer Zandra Rhodes has created the costumes and set for Verdi's Aida. But can she make it the Christmas hit the English National Opera so desperately needs? 2007-11-07T15:46:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23405781-macbeth-draws-bloody-and-raw-performance.do Nobody knows how many operas have been based on Shakespeare, but few of them work as well as Verdi's Macbeth. 2007-07-24T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23400215-sexy-don-is-such-a-slow-mover.do Anna Netrebko's replacement Marina Poplavaskaya showed all the signs of being a huge star in the Royal Opera's revival of Don Giovanni. 2007-06-11T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23399588-chorus-of-approval-in-park.do Verdi's Nabucco opened the 2007 season at Opera Holland Park and David Wakeham offers a performance of genuine stature in the lead role 2007-06-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23393945-proms-takes-inspiration-from-hurricane-katrina.do The BBC Proms will tackle the subject of global warming with a musical drama inspired by the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. 2007-04-26T07:15:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23393483-verdi-back-at-full-blast.do Mark Elder, ever an accomplished Verdian, directed a well-paced and impassioned performance of Stiffelio, with fine woodwind solos and some wonderfully hushed string passages. 2007-04-22T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23393080-zandra-creates-eye-popping-costumes-for-opera.do Zandra Rhodes will design the set and costumes for an extravagant new production of Aida, the highlight of the English National Opera's new season announced today. 2007-04-18T10:21:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23391488-hytners-back-in-an-epic-season-at-covent-garden.do Nicholas Hytner is to return to the Royal Opera House after a 20 year absence, as the Royal Opera House annouces an epic 2007/08 season. 2007-04-04T10:30:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23391518-curtain-up-at-covent-garden.do Royal Opera's new season will turn a young Russian singer into a star. There's nowhere else she'd rather perform, she says. 2007-04-04T10:40:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23383769-verdis-dark-designs-given-full-rein.do Popular, tuneful and furiously melodramatic, Il Trovatore set Covent Garden ablaze with a quartet of top voices and a conductor who maintained a firm but pliable rhythmic drive. 2007-01-31T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23375588-energy-fire-and-integrity.do The beige stage of Verdi's grim Rigoletto is a sludgy mess. So it's lucky that a fine cast and glittering score are on hand to do all the work. 2006-11-23T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23370177-out-of-their-depth.do Trying to offer non-gimmicky opera for Classic FM lovers is not a cardinal sin. But Fiona Maddocks thinks Opera UK might have bitten off a little too much here. 2006-10-08T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23368539-oscars-wild-child.do As part of a renewal of core repertoire, English National Opera has staged its first new production of Verdi's La Traviata for a decade. The opening night, alas, was a disappointment. 2006-09-27T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23368363-critics-choice-opera.do Set promisingly in mid/late-19th-century Dublin, the new production of Verdi's La Traviata from the ENO explores the sexual mores of the period against a background of religious conflict. 2006-09-27T11:26:20Z