Two classic operas, a world premiere and a concert presentation of one of Puccini’s early works make up the newly announced ...

The work has become a classic thanks to its touching story about the transience of love and life lived at the margins of ...

As winter turns to spring, Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly' comes to the Lyric Opera stage from March 14 to April 12, 2026. Cio-Cio-San, or Madama Butterfly, is a geisha in love with Navy Lt. B.F.

From the ridiculous to the sublime. That’s one way of looking at Minnesota Opera’s 2025-26 season. What opens with a silly Mozart rom-com concludes with the backstage tragedy of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s ...

Not only ordinary families reached out to the Spanish king. The Italian composer Giacomo Puccini sought his help in repatriating his nephew and a friend. The British writer Rudyard Kipling requested ...

If you haven’t been to an opera in a while, or ever, by all means get yourself to the Dallas Opera’s La bohème. Stirring both ...

Based on Victorien Sardou’s play “La Tosca,” Puccini's opera is set against the backdrop of Rome in June 1800, a period of ...

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 ...

On the first weekend of Feb.28, Opera at USC performed "Puccini Plus: Featuring Gianni Schicchi", a show about the titular ...

Opera Colorado is deep in rehearsals for it's production of La bohème, the iconic opera written by Giacomo Puccini in 1895. It's the story of four young friends living the bohemian lifestyle in ...

Among the most goose-bump-inducing moments in opera is Mimì’s entrance in the duet that concludes the first act of Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera “La Bohème.” Rodolfo (tenor), a struggling ...