It's opening night for our brand new production of Attila. Here's your first look at this awe-inspiring staging. Toi toi toi to the cast, crew and musicians. Tickets and info: https://bit.ly/2v8DMpe | Opera Australia

8.2K views · 246 reactions | The opera received its first performance at La Fenice in Venice on 17 March 1846. #Attila. Opera by Giuseppe Verdi . Last scene, as performed in London in 1848. Music Features Cheryl Studer & SAMUEL RAMEY | Opera Stars | Facebook

In this new web series, Lyric’s Music Director Designate Enrique Mazzola walks you through the score of Giuseppe Verdi’s ATTILA, exploring the emotions and musical language within the opera’s 12 numbers. Part 8: Scena e Aria Attila Attila wakes from a nightmare, his heart frozen by fear as he recounts being turned away from the gates of Rome by a ghostly old man. The melody (which is reminiscent of the Commendatore from Mozart’s DON GIOVANNI), is repeated four times before Attila shakes off the