Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English National Opera’s 2020 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madam Butterfly - Corbis Entertainment Among all the composers whose ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no one since. Credit... Supported by ...

Portland State University Opera will present “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi,” two one-act operas by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini with libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. A study in ...

“Almighty God touched me with His little finger,” wrote Giacomo Puccini, “and said: ‘Write for the theater . . .’ I have obeyed the supreme command.” He obeyed so successfully that he became one of ...

Such astonishing voices! Winter Opera, in St. Louis, has been offering splendid singers for 15 seasons now. But I've never heard more brilliant voices than those flourished by the cast in Winter Opera ...

While the average person may not be able to name any of the operas written by the Italian composer and librettist Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), they’ve likely at least heard the titles of his most ...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. The work, based on ...

The company’s director, Oliver Mears, talks about the opening performance of “Tosca,” the return of the soprano Anna Netrebko and more. By Rebecca Schmid The booming bass-baritone stars in Puccini’s ...

Kunio Hara is Associate Professor of Music History at the University of South Carolina. His research interests include operas of Giacomo Puccini, musical representations of nostalgia, animated films ...

After presenting drive-in and smaller productions over the past two seasons, San Diego Opera plans to come back in a big way for its 2022-23 season. The upcoming season, which goes on sale today, will ...

Long before Jonathan Larson adapted the classic Giacomo Puccini opera “La Boheme” into his groundbreaking rock opera “Rent” (timed to “Boheme”‘s 100th anniversary), the soaring, emotional Italian ...