Puccini composed some of the most iconic operas in the repertoire, from “Madama Butterfly” and “Tosca” to “Turandot” and “La Boheme.” But the Italian composer had to convince his publisher that his ...

English National Opera’s 2020 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madam Butterfly - Corbis Entertainment Among all the composers whose operas have continued to enthral audiences, Giacomo Puccini ...

The Metropolitan Opera is streaming free encore presentations every night during the pandemic from the Live in HD series on their website. Each stream becomes available at 7:30 p.m. EDT and remains ...

Opera flourishes: in spite of all the financial cutbacks, the UK’s opera companies are managing to create new work and ...

When director and choreographer Ann Yee was approached by then-Opera Australia artistic director Jo Davies to direct ...

When it comes to name recognition in Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini usually comes in second place to the slightly more famed Giuseppe Verdi. If there were a ranking for the most spectacularly groomed ...

Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. As companies around the globe celebrate the centennial of Giacomo Puccini’s death ...

“All in all, isn’t life simply grand? I’m so awfully glad I showed up for it.” (Madeline Mitchell in the opera THREE DECEMBERS) This is a preview or heads up about three chamber operas and one opera ...

At the Bastille Opera, Giacomo Puccini's Tosca returns in a production directed by Pierre Audi from March 12 to April 18, ...

A few weeks ago we did the best second-best symphonies. This week we’re going to do the best second-best operas. For the sake of argument, a composer’s second-best opera is any opera that isn’t his ...