The myth of Orpheus in the opera
Orpheus was a legendary Greek musician and poet whose songs could charm gods and...
Falstaff: Verdi's Last Opera
Falstaff is the last of Giuseppe Verdi's 28 operas, and also his only comic opera...
Il Trittico by Giacomo Puccini: Three One-Act Operas
The operatic genre of Verismo (end of the 19th century) is characterized by one-act...
Women opera composers: 10 of the greatest women in classical music
Gender equality among the opera composers has been unbalanced. This is a fact...
Gianni Schicchi: Third and final instalment of Puccini’s "Il Trittico"
Gianni Schicchi is a short, one-act opera by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto...
Cav & Pag - a journey into Verismo
Pagliacci is an Italian opera with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo....
