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At the "Simon Boccanegra" opening night party, Los Angeles Opera celebrates first-ever teaming of general director Placido Domingo and music director James Conlon for a Giuseppe Verdi opera.

Giuseppe Verdi's 28 operas (or 26, if you count "I Lombardi" and its revision "Jerusalem" as one opera; likewise "Stiffelio" and "Aroldo"), plus his Requiem, are his legacy to the performing arts. Wherever there is an opera house, you can be sure that at least one Verdi opera will be on the boards in any given year —- and if a season goes by without one, wait till next year...

Merely a touring outfit now or a company on a bold adventure? The City Opera season will answer that question.

Yet Verdi’s own idea of what his proudest legacy would be –- he called it his favorite of all his works – was the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti, a retirement home in Milan for musicians who had reached age 65 and found themselves in dire straits.

Move over Giuseppe Verdi, stand aside Johannes Brahms, and sit down John Adams. Saturday was Nicholas Deyoe’s night at the La Jolla Symphony, as the premiere of his new work for soprano, mezzo-soprano, orchestra and percussion dominated a heavyweight, lengthy program at UCSD’s Mandeville Auditorium conducted by Steven Schick.

A local organization is trying to make it cheaper and easier for seniors to get to the beauty parlor, the movies or anywhere else they'd like to go.

EAST GREENWICH, RI-- - Producers Chad A. Verdi and Noah Kraft have attached writer/director Ben Younger to helm their next feature, "PAZ." The film, which is set for production in September of ...

Move over Giuseppe Verdi, stand aside Johannes Brahms and sit down John Adams. Saturday was Nicholas Deyoe’s night at the La Jolla Symphony, as the premiere of his new work for soprano, mezzo-soprano, orchestra and percussion dominated a heavyweight, lengthy program at UCSD’s Mandeville Auditorium conducted by Steven Schick.

French line Compagnie du Ponant is planning 10 days of operatic entertainment at sea.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - In an era of overthinking directors, intricate stage movements and concept productions that transport operas through time and locale, there is an argument for Verdi the way it used to be.