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Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline will offer — on May 12 — a rare chance to enjoy a genre-defining masterwork by Giuseppe Verdi.

When: Thursday, April 18, 2013 — 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, 2013 — 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 — 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013 — 2 p.m. Where: Boston University Theatre, Mainstage — 264 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA [map] Mozart’s penultimate opera, La Clemenza di Tito is driven by paranoia and manipulation which culminates in a conflicted ruler’s struggle to discover the greater power of mercy over revenge. Sung in Italian with English supertitles. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer; Caterino Mazzolá after Pietro Metastasio, librettist; William Lumpkin, conductor; Daniel Pelzig, stage director. Tickets now on sale: $20 general public, ...

New England Conservatory presents the American premiere of the new Critical Edition of Rossini's comic opera La Gazzetta, featuring the world premiere of the newly discovered Act I quintet.

When: January 18th and 19th, 7:30 pm. Where: Somerville Armory – 191 Highland Ave, Somerville, MA Helios Early Opera presents Pier Francesco Cavalli’s 1657 tale of the widowed queen Artemisia, set amidst the glamour and scandal of modern Hollywood. The music is delightful and full of energy; the plot engaging and humorous. Stage Director Aria Umezawa has joined the tradition of the Venetian theater with the spectacle of American celebrity. Making its North American premiere, Helios’ Artemisia is set in modern Hollywood, where internationally renowned actress Artemisia navigates fame and scandal as she seeks revenge for the death of her ...

When: Sunday, November 18 at 10:00 am. Where: Coolidge Corner Theatre – 290 Harvard Street, Brookline If you can’t stretch your dollar to fly abroad, then enjoy the next best thing with this virtual opera house experience. Fresh from the stages of the world’s most renowned opera houses, state-of-the-art high definition presentations of current spectacular opera productions are now screening in Brookline. Revolution is in the air in David McVicar’s wonderfully illuminating production of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro from the Royal Opera House. And with an all-star cast, it’s no surprise that The Guardian raves: “the evening is remarkable.” ...

When: TWO PERFORMANCES: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8pm Sunday, November 25, 2012 at 3pm Where: New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall – 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston. Widely regarded as the first great opera, Orfeo features one of opera’s most adored stories, in which the heroic Orfeo endures the tragic death of his beloved Euridice, and travels to the underworld to plead for her return. Breathtaking in its beauty and variety, this masterpiece defined an art form still in its infancy with rich instrumental colors, dramatic word painting, and a virtuosic opulence of tone and texture. Experience this magical musical entertainment, ...

Verdi’s La Traviata shines in this spectacular production from Opera Australia, performed on a floating stage in the Sydney Harbor under the stars.

Italian singing sensations Il Volo are coming back to Boston on September 8, at the Bank of America Pavilion.

The Friends of the Marlborough Public Library and the Paternoster Memorial Opera Trust will present “Opera Prima Vera” with Italian Serenades Wednesday evening, April 11, in the Bigelow Auditorium.

The legendary libertine Don Juan unbuttons the yearnings and contradictions of polite society in Mozart’s darkly comic masterpiece.

When: Sunday, April 22, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Where: Sons of Italy Lodge #760 161 King Hill Road Braintree, MA 02184 The Boston Bel Canto presents “The Sounds of Spring” sponsored by IACO Italian American Cultural Organization with an afternoon of Italian Arias and Songs. Tickets are $15 or $20 at the door. Hor d’ourvers, coffee and desserts will be served. Cash Bar and raffles. Tickets can be purchased by mailing a check to IACO c/o Michelangelo Salon Attn: Domenic Candelieri, 40 Pearl Street, Braintree, MA 02184. For more information call 781-848-7168

"Il Matrimonio Segreto" is a farcical domestic comedy featuring arranged marriages, dowries, feuding sisters, tangled circumstances, banishment to convents, and misdirected romantic aspirations.