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A performer at the Royal Opera House stirred controversy by unfurling a Palestinian flag on stage during the final bows of ...
A cast member of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” unfurled a Palestinian flag at London’s Royal Opera House as someone backstage tried ...
Washington National Opera’s season opener, "Il trovatore," sports a strong cast, a production that stays out of the way and an orchestra that knows how to Verdi.
The plot of “Il Trovatore” is confusing. Set in Spain in the early 15th century, the basics are the troubadour, Manrico, is in love with Leonora who loves him in return.
Standing in line at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for Los Angeles Opera's "Il Trovatore" Thursday, a woman turned to her companion and said, "We are in for some lovely tunes tonight." ...
Arturo Chacón-Cruz can bring you to tears with his Italian arias. But Mexican American tenor started his musical journey by singing mariachi songs.
A preview of Seattle Opera's January 2010 production: It's Verdi's music, not the convoluted story, that irresistibly draws opera lovers to "Il Trovatore" ("The Troubadour"), which boasts one hit ...
Verdi’s Il Trovatore, starring four of the world’s most celebrated interpreters of the leading roles and conducted by Marco Armiliato, will air on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances at the Met ...
No opera -- this side of Wagner's "Ring," anyhow -- brooks more deserved ridicule for its plot absurdity than "Il Trovatore." No opera surmounts these absurdities -- long-lost siblings, mistaken ...