With operas such as 'Tosca,' 'Madama Butterfly' and 'La Boheme,' Giacomo Puccini still dominates the repertoire of opera ...

On April 24, the University of Houston's Moores School of Music is doing something rather extraordinary. It will be ...

The title role is beautifully sung by American-Canadian soprano Sondra Radvanovsky who handles the transition from callous misandrist, who loves seeing her suitors' heads lopped off, to melt into a ...

On the anniversary of the premiere on April 25, 1926, John Steane looks at the recordings of Puccini's last opera... Read more The fifth of seven children, he was christened Giacomo Antonio Domenico ...

Puccini’s ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (And the stars were shining brightly) is one of the most heart-wrenching arias in the Italian tenor repertoire. Sung by the doomed painter Cavaradossi in the opera ...

From the Royal Opera House in London, Puccini's dazzling depiction of ancient China, with a cast led by Sondra Radvanovsky as Turandot and SeokJong Baek as her suitor Calaf. Show more From the ...

Book theatre tickets for That Bastard, Puccini!, Park Theatre. Join the journey of complex characters navigating their ...

Pittsburgh Opera’s production of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” looks to do something a bit different. It’s not invoking current events so much as seeking to work around the much ...

Soprano Anna Netrebko will return to London's Royal Opera after a six-year absence to open the 2025-26 season in a new production of Puccini's “Tosca" that starts Jakub Hrůša's tenure as music ...

Sir Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, conducts a new production of Puccini's popular masterpiece, La boheme - a tale of friends and fellowship, love and loss, set in 19th ...

We are wrong, of course: Butterfly is Puccini's most taxing soprano role (Turandot's tessitura is higher, but Butterfly is on stage and uninterruptedly at the centre of attention for vastly longer) ...