Glamorous opening nights came with “Macbeth,” “Falstaff” and “Otello” — as well as a new version of “Julius Caesar.” By Larry Wolff “Ah, Shakespeare, Shakespeare!” exclaimed Giuseppe Verdi in 1872.

Verdi's opera is every bit as dark and bloody as Shakespeare's drama on which it was based. It is true to the original play in most details of plot and character, yet it differs in significant ...

Atlanta Opera will present the Italian composer’s adaption, emphasizing revolution, at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center from March 1-9. Atlanta Opera's production of "Macbeth," March 1-9 at Cobb ...

Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave and additions by Andrea Maffei, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Written for ...

The latest INSeries production is a multi-night event featuring Guiseppe Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s Othello, and Toni Morrison’s response play, Desdemona. “Epic theater is really my dream,” he says ...

With its current “Season of Verdi,” the Maryland Lyric Opera is chiefly celebrating one of the world’s greatest and most popular opera composers, and more specifically, Giuseppe Verdi’s most ...

This past week may have been a rough one for the classical world, but there is something to look forward to. This coming week, we celebrate the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, composer of the best ...

There are some tantalizing "what-ifs" in the history of Shakespeare and music. Verdi was determined to make "King Lear" into an opera at various times during his career, but despaired of finding the ...

Julius Caesar and Otello (the version of Othello by Giuseppe Verdi and his librettist Arrigo Boito): These are the texts that framed the final remarks of federal Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. in the ...