Though ‘Le Villi’ is often bypassed in favor of Puccini’s later works, his first opera still has heart and technical skill. Some great artistic masters have become so revered that their reputations ...

A spectacular premiere of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot has taken place on the stage of the Heydar Aliyev Palace. The ...

Lukas Hegel currently studies at NDSU and played Samuel in “The Pirates of Penzance” with NDSU Opera, “The Rake's Progress” ...

The last operatic work that Italian composer Giacomo Puccini ever completed in his lifetime is called Il trittico (The triptych). It's an unusual night at the opera, with an experimental flavour that ...

Long before Giacomo Puccini transformed Tosca into one of opera’s most enduring dramas, Sarah Bernhardt was already electrifying audiences as the jealous singer who kills the corrupt Baron Scarpia and ...

When Giacomo Puccini died on November 24, 1924, the world wept. It was fitting for one of the most successful and influential Italian composers, whose operas had brought so many people to tears. But ...

Imagine hearing one of opera's most famous arias while sitting in a café! I met Jonathan Tetelman, the internationally acclaimed opera tenor, and we shared a special performance of “Nessun Dorma” from ...

They’re striking a chord with the woke crowd. New York City’s famed Metropolitan Opera added a website trigger warning for prospective ticket buyers to Giacomo Puccini’s “Turandot,” informing ...

Opera Orlando is set to open its season with Puccini's Madame Butterfly at the Dr. Phillips Center in October 2026.

With ambition that exceeded its grasp, the orchestra performed Puccini’s “Il Trittico” ahead of the center’s expected closure. By Oussama Zahr This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be ...