But it remains a great work and one of the hardest Verdi operas to cast.

There were five of them here, and their smaller scale makes them no less operatic than a Verdi opera itself.

Festival, which is offering all 28 Verdi operas in chronological order.

It was like the last five minutes of a Verdi opera.

It is always hard to cast the tenor in a Verdi opera these days.

(The play would have been a natural vehicle for a Verdi opera.)

Still, he points out, his story has a happy ending - unlike the Verdi operas.

He played Verdi operas and pantomimed them in his pajamas with a great rip down the back.

The last chance this season to hear and see the Met's production of this Verdi opera.

No other Verdi opera exists in so many versions.

But it remains a great work and one of the hardest Verdi operas to cast.

There were five of them here, and their smaller scale makes them no less operatic than a Verdi opera itself.

Festival, which is offering all 28 Verdi operas in chronological order.

It was like the last five minutes of a Verdi opera.

It is always hard to cast the tenor in a Verdi opera these days.

(The play would have been a natural vehicle for a Verdi opera.)

Still, he points out, his story has a happy ending - unlike the Verdi operas.

He played Verdi operas and pantomimed them in his pajamas with a great rip down the back.

The last chance this season to hear and see the Met's production of this Verdi opera.

No other Verdi opera exists in so many versions.