Avital Rabinowitz

This October, we celebrate the bicentennial of Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. In honor of this musical milestone, several of today's most prominent opera singers and ensembles have recorded albums devoted entirely to Verdi's music.

The 45-member choir is making its first U.S. tour, which includes stops in Winona, Minn., and in Minneapolis before heading off to Los Angeles and New York.