Giuseppe Verdi revered Shakespeare and wrote a Macbeth, an Otello, and a Falstaff. He longed to write a King Lear as well and even worked with two librettists toward that goal. But although Verdi composed more than two dozen operas, Lear was not among them. During a fatal stroke, he paraphrased Lear's "Pray you, undo […] The post Review: Viva V.E.R.D.I – an otherworldly convergence of Verdi and Shakespear…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:32PM on September 11, 2018