There have been documentaries and celebrations for 100 years since the premiere of The Rite of Spring, but this year also would be the 200th birthday of the opera composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard ...

This show is a rebroadcast from January 26, 2012. The opera “therapist,” the opera “terrorist.” Two greats. We’ll listen in with critic Peter Conrad. In this April 2, 2009, file photo provided by the ...

[Editor's note: Deathmatch pairs two artists who have something in common, and determines who is better. It's a concept we sort-of ripped off from MTV, except that instead of claymation it's the ...

Sometimes a composer becomes so well known for a particular genre of music that other pieces go unrecognized. The following are three examples of composers who are famous for one thing but who ...

Rush of operas, concerts and recordings celebrate 200th anniversary of composers’ births The year 2013 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of two great composers, Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and ...

At 44, the German tenor Jonas Kaufmann may be the most popular tenor of his generation and one of the most versatile. Among his recordings this year are albums dedicated to both Verdi and Wagner. This ...

“Although the two composers never met, there was rivalry between them. Wagner despised contemporary opera that diverged from his own ideas - especially if it were commercially successful, as Verdi’s ...

MILANMILAN — The dual bicentennial of the births of composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner is turning into a dueling bicentennial. La Scala general manager Stephane Lissner on Monday dismissed as ...

MUNICH — It’s a question that has long prompted heated arguments among devoted opera fans: Who was the greater composer, Richard Wagner or Giuseppe Verdi? Both were born 200 years ago, and so in this ...