The Rome Opera House, located near Rome's Circus Maximus, remains a cornerstone of Italian culture. Originally a pasta ...

Rome’s Opera House is honoring 125 years of Puccini’s "Tosca." Behind the scenes, a former pasta factory now preserves 70,000 costumes and and sustains Italy’s tradition of opera.

Ludwig van Beethoven had a visitor. A young man stepped into the legendary composer’s attic apartment in Vienna. He was ...

These days, Puccini operas are staged more than two thousand times a year worldwide, regardless of any wars or crises. This puts the great Italian far ahead of his colleagues Rossini and Wagner.

Giacomo Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his arias, ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Italy's Giordano Lucà performs Che gelida manina from Puccini's La bohème, in the final of the 2009 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

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