Lifelong Verdi fan, talented tenor, and quite the classical music cartoonist too - who better than Rolando Villazón to guide us through the most dramatic moments in the Italian composer's operas and ...

Madrid, 2 dic (EFE).Madrid, 2 dic (EFE). — El tenor mexicano Rolando Villazón (1972) dedica su último trabajo a conmemorar el 200 aniversario del nacimiento de Giuseppe Verdi (18131901) con una ...

Verdi wrote so many masterpieces for the opera stage, not to mention his stunning Requiem. It's no wonder tenor Rolando Villazón is passionate about the composer and his works, who wrote popular music ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet’s “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...

Mexico City — ROLANDO VILLAZON HAS THE OPERA WORLD ON A STRING. The young Mexican tenor just completed a fairy tale year, with acclaimed debuts at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden in ...

On Saturday night, the Metropolitan Opera staged one of the most anticipated cultural events of the season: Verdi’s “La Traviata,” in the Franco Zeffirelli production. What’s the big deal about that?

The celebrated Mexican tenor is the kind of singer who could make the Yellow Pages seem fresh. Theartsdesk caught up with him during rehearsals at Covent Garden and found him as impassioned as ever as ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet's “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he started thinking about how he would direct the opera. “I said, ‘oh, this last ...

Rolando Villazón Directs Opera at the World's Top Houses While Still Singing NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Rolando Villazón was singing the title role in Massenet's “Werther” in 2006 at Nice, France, when he ...

Villazón the Director This image released by the Metropolitan Opera shows soprano Nadine Sierra, standing, rehearsing with director Rolando Villazón for his new production of Bellini’s “La Sonnambula" ...