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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

For the world premiere livestream of “Hershey Felder, Puccini,” TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has partnered with a company that knows a thing or two about staging operas by the famed composer. Opera San ...

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 ...

“Puccini’s music has always been a major part of Sarasota Opera repertoire, as it has been for many opera companies,” stated Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi. “His operas have made many people opera ...

“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 ...

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 ...