Evergreen: Giuseppe Verdi. (opera festival celebrates musician) The Economist (US) | July 29, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Economist Newspaper Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

TO SOME 2001 may mean a science-fiction movie, to others the proper date when the next century begins. To opera buffs it is the centenary of Giuseppe Verdi's death. Never one to hurry the long notes, the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden has just opened a festival to perform all of his 28 operas over the next six years. Meanwhile, new critical editions of the operas are being published jointly by the University of Chicago Press and Ricordi in Milan.

The "festival" includes a variety of scholarly and musical events from which, it is hoped, people can get a fresh picture ...

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