About opera
Women opera composers: 10 of the greatest women in classical music
Gender equality among the opera composers has been unbalanced. This is a fact that can be demonstrated on a purely
Falstaff: Verdi’s Last Opera
Falstaff is the last of Giuseppe Verdi’s 28 operas, and also his only comic opera together with his early Un
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 by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18.
Il Trittico by Giacomo Puccini: Three One-Act Operas
The operatic genre of Verismo (end of the 19th century) is characterized by one-act operas, among which probably the most
Cav & Pag – a journey into Verismo
Pagliacci is an Italian opera with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Together with Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, it
Gaetano Donizetti and the horror side of opera
A woman dressed in black appears showing five coffins for her poisoned victims. She is Lucrezia Borgia featured in Donizetti’s