NEW YORK (AP) — Portraying an aging, embittered Queen Elizabeth is hard work, but for Sondra Radvanovsky there’s a moment late in Donizetti’s opera “Roberto Devereux” that’s a real guilty pleasure.

The Israeli Opera will present 'Lucia di Lammermoor' by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Daniele Callegari, directed by Emilio Sagi and performed by international and Israeli ...

What could make for better opera than a rivalry over power, religion and love between two dueling, fiery-voiced queens determined to top each other’s highflying insults? Thus was born Gaetano ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. These are the sort of discoveries one expects at Donizetti Opera, a festival in the composer’s Northern Italian ...

What is the best way to start 2025? It is to attend a concert featuring the music from one of the most popular operas in the world and to escape the cold weather by immersing in the warmth and passion ...