Verdi's Greatest Opera

"...Why the Verdi Requiem for Conspirare's first concert in Dell Hall? It..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO performs Verdi's 'Requiem' to honor JFK in the hall he never reached on Nov. 22

"...Austin Symphony and Chorus Austin. They will perform Guiseppe Verdi's Requiem, one of the most fitting pieces possible to..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Arts Feature by Natalie Zeldin

Aida

In Verdi's Egyptian tragedy, Austin Opera excavates from the pomp and pageantry the personal

"...years earlier – at least as imagined by Giuseppe Verdi and presented by Austin Opera in its latest staging..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Herdsmen of the Sun and Les Maitres Fou

"...ethereal of Western music, music by Handel, Mozart and Verdi, with tribal chants. The effect of this confluence is..."

Jan. 17, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

1900

"...the story spans the period between the death of Verdi in 1900 and the death of Mussolini in 1945...."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

In Memoriam: Jo Anne Christian

Arts patron, leading force in building Long Center has died

"...Serenaded by Verdi, Puccini, and other composers whose operatic works she treasured,..."

Nov. 14, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

Conspirare's performance of the Verdi work provided a blazing vision of Judgment Day and a transcendent glimpse of glory

"...Verdi: Messa da Requiem..."

June 27, 2008 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Il Trovatore

Austin Lyric Opera's 'Il Trovatore' featured voices in good form, from the leads to the chorus, but the relationships among the characters was clearly missing

"...be entirely gripping. And the music is still clearly Verdi: brilliant, its strong melodies easy to enjoy even at..."

Oct. 14, 2005 Arts Review by Ann Ciccolella

Aida: Outmatched by the Set

Austin Lyric Opera's Aida looks like a million bucks, but its stunning visuals are undercut by some less-than-grand human qualities.

"...share of a heavily touted touring production of Aida, Verdi's powerful take on a love triangle that leads, inevitably,..."

March 17, 2000 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Don Carlo

Verdi wrote an opera lover's dream, and Austin Lyric Opera realized it with an all-star cast

"...Verdi sure knew how to pack a punch. His Don..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Arts Review by Natalie Zeldin

Tomorrow, the World

Craig Hella Johnson's company of voices has long been world-class; now the world is hearing it

"...the Long Center – performing the vigorous and dramatic Verdi Requiem this Saturday (see "Verdi's Greatest Opera") – but..."

June 20, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth

In ASO's season opener, Peter Bay did justice to Verdi, Brahms, and Bartók while maintaining the enthusiasm of his orchestra and its audience

"...with a rousing, Technicolor performance of the overture to Verdi's La Forza del Destino, a CliffsNotes musical summary of..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Silent Days and Nights

Discovering Live Cinema... Again

"...for 10 hours a day in the Teatro Cinema Verdi, an art-nouveau movie house with a huge screen. The..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Screens Feature

Designate Your Favorite Austin FC Star Based on Your Beer Preference

Some soccer talent to go with that brew?

"...the second deck at Q2 commit every lyric to “Verdi Negro (Matador)” to rote memory, and all the beer..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Features Feature by Eric Puga

Review: Otello

Austin Opera staged a victory worthy of the Lion of Venice

"...moment in Austin Opera’s just-closed concert staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s grand tragedy was to see a towering force brought..."

Nov. 20, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Change of Aria Code

Leaving "Lyric" behind, Austin Opera launches a new era

"...If all those ads for Verdi's A Masked Ball have you wondering just what Austin..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Farmers' Market Report: Dec. 7-8, 2013

Cauliflower, beeswax, habañero jelly, and bitter cold

"...Farm), despite the freeze, I didn’t realize that Bella Verdi Farm also has fresh winter basil in the form..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Bronson

Tom Hardy delivers a searing performance as Britain's so-called "most violent prisoner."

"...brawl, set to a rousing soundtrack that ranges from Verdi and Wagner to blood-pressure-rising electronic beats from Glass Candy..."

Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Food-o-File

A fire is put out at the Belmont, while Ate Cafe, La Tavola, and the Mighty Cone start blazes of their own

"...many of the La Tavola dishes at Joseph's Bella Verdi Farms near Dripping Springs... Contributing writer MM Pack reported..."

March 6, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Long Center: Who's playing

Austin's new performing-arts center releases the performance schedule for its first few months

"...Don Quixote by Ballet Austin, and Conspirare singing the Verdi Requiem, Dell Hall will feature everything from classical soprano..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conspirare: My favorite year

In a banner year, Conspirare signs with the prestigious Harmonia Mundi label and plans a powerful Long Center debut with the Verdi Requiem

"...a suitably dramatic debut in the Long Center: the Verdi Requiem, a work all but guaranteed to rattle the..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Rigoletto

With Rigoletto , Austin Lyric Opera once again executes in bold strokes a classic opera in the vaulting openness of the City Coliseum, with director Joseph McClain again showing a flair for the theatrical and finding a degree of intimacy in that vast space.

"...Carmen gives way to this season's cold Rigoletto -- Verdi's operatic take on Victor Hugo's drama of a treacherous..."

May 17, 2002 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Articulations

A weekly rundown of the latest news in Austin's visual and performing arts scene

"...operatic works and careers of composers Richard Wagner, Guiseppe Verdi, and Giacomo Puccini, and it was given by a..."

Jan. 25, 2002 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Real Estate and Perfect Mates

The Year in Austin Culture

"...6. Verdi Requiem (Austin Symphony Orchestra) My father used to play..."

Jan. 5, 2001 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

Public Notice: Happy Earth Day!

"...science, a picture book about a young snake named Verdi, and making sock puppets. Then comes Back to the..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Robert Faires’ Top 10 Dance and Classical Joys of 2018

In this year’s dance and classical offerings, extraordinary depictions of loss and suffering continue to haunt

"...2) OTELLO (Austin Opera) Verdi's Lion of Venice in all his power, honor, and..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Opera's Of Mice and Men

Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career

"...The only opera I saw was fairly traditional – Verdi, Puccini. Most of my more contemporary music was symphonic..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance/Classical Music Treasures of 2015

Leaving deep impressions from 2015's dance and classical music works were the unexpected elements, like screen doors, trees, and car horns

"...striking, but the deepest impressions in this staging of Verdi's tragedy came from the personal moments with Karen Slack's..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Break Into the Future

It's a new day for chamber music, as the Austin Chamber Music Festival shows

"...salute Italy with lush 19th century works by Wolf, Verdi, and Tchaikovsky...."

July 3, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Art Par Excellence

The nominees for the 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...drama All the Way; Austin Opera's modern-day staging of Verdi's A Masked Ball; Salvage Vanguard Theater's undead riff on..."

May 20, 2015 Arts Post

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