The outrageous pop singer Madama arrives in the city to give a concert. Verdi is a secret fan, and decides to get to know her ...

Season 13 of Great Performances at the Met comes to primetime with Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata, premiering nationwide Friday, April 5 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Conducted by new ...

“La Traviata” again. Opera goers have a hard time avoiding it, even if they want to, but apparently they don’t. Verdi’s masterpiece (based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils about a courtesan who ...

Old and new regimes meet and cross in the Los Angeles Opera's "La Traviata," which drew a reasonably delirious throng to the company's 21st season opener. Old was the production by Marta Domingo -- ...

Soprano Andriana Chuchman as Violetta in the San Diego Opera’s production of “La Traviata.” (Photo by J. Katarzyna Woronowicz/San Diego Opera) The San Diego Opera concluded its successful 2024-25 ...

Cecilia Violetta López vividly remembers when she realized she had something in common with Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic heroine, Violetta, in “La Traviata.” While studying music in college, she was ...

If you’re an opera buff or even a casual classical music concertgoer, you’re likely to have attended productions of “La Traviata” in the past. You know the story: Giuseppe Verdi’s tragic 1853 opera ...

Dancing. Drinking. Drama. Matadors. Pittsburgh Opera’s production of “La traviata,” which opened Saturday night at the Benedum Center, has something for everyone to enjoy. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi, ...

The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. The label is a fake, but one for which no cultural chemical capable of removing it has yet proved effective. Still, opera populists are trying and ...

Rachel Willis-Sørensen plays Violetta, the opera’s protagonist and namesake. The happy-go-lucky courtesan experiences romance and tragedy. (Cory Weaver / LA Opera) The Los Angeles Opera has brought ...