Just in time to round out the anniversary year of Verdi's death is "The Tenor Arias," Placido Domingo's survey of the composer's distinctively muscular, heroic treatment of the high male voice.

Now that we’re starting up a new season, I’ve been thinking about what makes great arias so powerful, and I think a big part of it is that they tap into our strongest emotions. One of the emotions ...

(I) Vespri siciliani, '(The) Sicilian Vespers', Movements: Mercè, dilette amiche (Bolero) Oleg Caetani, Conductor Lucia Aliberti, Soprano Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra Milan Giuseppe Verdi ...

This week’s San Francisco Symphony program could be described as “all-Italian,” and that would certainly be true. But the phrase scarcely suggests the range of eras and stylistic concerns revealed in ...

(Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) masked ball', Movements: ~ Giuseppe Verdi, Composer Latvian National Symphony Orchestra Inessa Galante, Soprano Terje Mikkelsen, Conductor (Un) ballo in maschera, '(A) ...

“I was in London in January, 1970, to record three aria discs with Aldo Ceccato for ABC Records—one Mozart-Strauss, one Rossini and one Verdi. The Rossini disc was to consist of arias from The Siege ...