Inside One Theater’s Challenge to Modernize the Opera

An Italian theater that has been around since 1829 is embarking on a challenge to modernize one of the oldest forms of entertainment: the opera. The magnificent Teatro Regio in Parma, Italy, is home to Festival Verdi, a four-weekend annual event that runs from mid-September to mid-October and celebrates the works of beloved Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi by showing both classic and reimagined versions of his works. BAZAAR.com was among the guests during the first weekend of this year’s festival—which was first held in 1989, and revived in 2001—and got to experience firsthand the evident disconnect between old-school opera purists… Read Full Article