For Nigerian-American soprano Francesca Chiejina, the stage became a place to feel everything she was taught to hold back.

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 4, is an opera in four acts, composed by Riccardo Zandonai, with libretto by Tito Ricordi, (1865–1933), after the play Francesca da Rimini by Gabriele d'Annunzio. It was ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Always ready to embrace novelty, Opera Holland Park has handed out a unique invitation to Zandonai’s Francesca ...

When going to the opera, I am often asked: “How any times have you seen this before?” Often, people react with dismay when I note that I may have seen something five or more times and sometimes all in ...

So, what's with the checkered history of "Francesca"? Based on a Gabriele d'Annunzio play inspired by an episode in Dante's "Inferno," it's a lurid tale about doomed love and treachery. That's nothing ...

Following the final curtain call for Friday's Opening Night performance of Verdi's Luisa Miller, San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley will award stage director Francesca Zambello with ...

Francesca Zambello directs the visually spectacular production of Wagner's epic narrative of gods, mortals, corruption and redemption, which premiered at the War Memorial Opera House in June 2011.

Holland Park makes the best possible case for the opera's merits, if only it wasn’t such wretched drivel. Rating: * * * Francesca da Rimini - Opera Holland Park Cheryl Barker as Francesca and Julian ...