Recorded at performances at the 1984 Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, Italy. The premiere of this lavish pièce de circonstance was a royal gala at the Théâtre-Italien's Salle Louvois. Its success was ...

Claudio Abbado, one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation, died Monday in Bologna, Italy, at age 80. His death was announced by a spokesperson for Bologna's mayor, saying that it ...

When Claudio Abbado, the revered Italian conductor who died Monday, turned 80 last summer, record companies celebrated with several super-sized box sets of his recordings and videos. It’s not hard to ...

Rossini’s Le siège de Corinthe, written for the Paris Opéra in 1826, was a game-changer in the history of opera. It’s one of Rossini’s most memorable achievements; yet it’s also one of his unluckiest.

NEW YORK — Claudio Abbado, a conductor whose refined interpretations of a large symphonic and operatic repertory won him the directorships of several of the world’s most revered musical institutions — ...

Verdi: "Come in quest’ora bruna," Act I, Simon Boccanegra Mirella Freni (Amelia), Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado (conductor) Beethoven: "Er sterbe!" Act II, Fidelio Nina Stemme ...

A casual listener to Claudio Abbado's late Mozart symphonies with his hand-picked Orchestra Mozart, which lead off the 41-CD Claudio Abbado: The Symphony Edition (DG), might at first consider them ...