Although “Attila,” the obscure Verdi opera that premiers in Seattle on Saturday, is based on the tale of Attila the Hun, the great Italian composer barely veiled a nationalistic theme. First staged in ...

On the bicentennial of the composer's birth, his music seems keenly suited to our triumphs and our failures. His operas may star dukes,... Verdi's Operas: A Vigorous Soundtrack To Human Nature Verdi's ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. A writer named Gianrinaldo Carli told a story that became famous in Italy in the 1760s: A stranger walks ...