Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scene stealer: Hawaiian baritone Quinn Kelsey (far left) in Verdi's rarely performed opera The Sicilian Vespers - Tristram Kenton ...

Fresh from a visit to Palermo, the city whose turbulent history inspired Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers (I vespri siciliani), I approached the opera with a renewed sense of place. First staged in Paris ...

Stefan Herheim’s production of this fascinating work battles with hollowness and ambiguities despite an impressive debut from Speranza Scappucci as principal guest conductor The Giuseppe Verdi of 1855 ...

The Sicilian Vespers is always going to be a challenging proposition. In a move smacking of sheer hubris, Verdi’s original epic version lasted over four hours including half an hour of ballet partway ...