VIVA VERDI!
Friday, JUNE 25, 2027 | 7:30 PM
Music Hall • springer auditorium
Sung in Italian with projected English translations.
ONE STAGE. ONE NIGHT. One Star-Studded cast.
Verdi didn’t write small music. He wrote thunder, heartbreak, love, and triumph: every emotion turned all the way up. Spend one night inside his genius, from arias that stop time to choruses that shake the rafters, drawn from his most treasured operas. Music this big needs voices to match, and we’ve gathered them from the world’s great stages:
Ailyn Pérez
“A captivating singer with unflappable technique and abundant vocal power” – Chicago Sun Times
J’Nai Bridges
“opera royalty…one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation” – OperaWire
Matthew White
“an attractive, healthy voice” – The New York Times
”an undeniably attractive romantic lead” – The Houston Chronicle
Michael Chioldi
“warm, rich tone” – Opera News
“deeply communicative phrasing” – The Baltimore Sun
Soloman Howard
“sonorous” –The New York Times
“superhuman” – The Denver Post
“a triumph” –The Guardian
Add the Cincinnati Opera Chorus and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the pit, and don’t be surprised if you find yourself shouting “Viva Verdi!”
This performance is part of Weekend and Weeknight season ticket packages and may be selected as part of a Create Your Own package. Tickets to this performance go on sale to the public on Tuesday, February 9, 2027.
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Cast & Creative Team
Ailyn Pérez – soprano
J’Nai Bridges – mezzo-soprano
Matthew White – tenor
Michael Chioldi – baritone
Soloman Howard – bass
Conductor – Alex Amsel
Lighting Designer –Thomas C. Hase
Chorus Master – Henri Venanzi
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Opera Insights
Enhance your appreciation of all things Verdi with a pre-curtain talk one hour before the performance in Music Hall's Corbett Tower. Members of the artistic staff and/or guests offer a 30-minute overview and insights into the history and music of Giuseppe Verdi. Free to all ticket holders. No reservations required.
Meet the Composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi was the major Italian musical dramatist of the nineteenth century, the successor to Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini. Along with Wagner, he was the most important opera composer of the period and received national and international recognition for his powerful stage works.
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