Verdi imagined each of his operas painted with a different tincture. Conductor Riccardo Chailly puts together an exciting new album of Verdi's choruses, from his best known to his most obscure. This ...

Rambunctious choir: check. Blacksmith tools: check. Now, just sit back and enjoy the epic sound of opera’s great percussive chorus. Now, here’s a thumping moment of opera, when hammer-on-metal blows ...

The great American soprano Renee Fleming sings the beautiful Puccini aria "O mio babbino caro" with the Buffalo Philharmonic at Kleinhans Hall in Buffalo. JoAnn Falletta conducts. From the same ...

This is FRESH AIR. Our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has a review of a new album devoted to Verdi opera choruses. Lloyd reminds us that there's more to opera than just the typical aria, trio ...