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If any composer can make you forget an Astros loss, it’s Giuseppe Verdi. On opening night of Rigoletto, Houston Grand Opera flashed the score of Game 5 of the ALCS (with those damned Yankees) during ...

Some of opera’s most famous arias bring to life the story of Rigoletto, the cursed court jester who’s rage and vengeance bring about his own tragic undoing. Those Italians know how to do drama! And ...

You say you don’t know anything about opera? Chances are you’ve heard some of the art form’s most famous melodies — from Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” to “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro,” one of the ...

“Verdi would not let [‘La donna e mobile’] be rehearsed because he didn’t want it to go viral. Of course, opera was the hottest commodity of the time, and he knew he was writing one of the greatest ...

San Diego Opera on Saturday opened its sixth production of Giuseppe Verdi’s masterwork “Rigoletto,” which is just as well known for its showpiece arias and famed quartet as its old-fashioned, ...

From my experience, plenty of American opera fans grumble when directors and designers decide to move a story to a different setting or era than the one presented at an opera’s premiere, whether that ...

In context, these words are ironic, even painful. But we have to get there first. Rigoletto tells the story of a hunchbacked court jester of the same name (Malcolm MacKenzie) and his daughter, Gilda ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. I had the great pleasure of seeing Rigoletto at the Metropolitan opera this week.