A concert performance in an orchestral reduction of Puccini’s colossal final opera was stylishly led by conductor Naomi Woo with José de Eça’s Calaf heading a strong cast ...

In a 10-year burst of creativity, Giacomo Puccini turned out “Manon Lescaut,” “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly”( Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo). This essay is a Cover Story selection ...

In recent years, having returned to the three masterpieces – in their totality probably Puccini’s supreme offering – in Zoom classes, I’ve found more subtle connections with Dante as a source of ...

La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The world premiere ...

La bohème is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri ...

The first opera to reveal Puccini's true genius was 1896's La Boheme. The composer's imaginative treatment of character and situation, his sure instinct for dramatic and comic effects, and above all ...

The evening will begin at 6:30pm with food and drinks, with a performance at 8pm. The Girl of the Golden West or La Fanciulla Del West, is an opera in three acts, based on the 1905 play The Girl of ...

Art Park will present Puccini's Greatest: A Gala Opera Concert on Sunday, July 14 at 2pm at the Artpark Mainstage Theater, 450 South 4th Street, Lewiston, NY. Tickets ...

People appear in Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 12, 2020. The Metropolitan Opera will double cast a portion of Verdi and ...

Diva Tosca (Sonya Yoncheva) survives, but the opera ‘Tosca’ is DOA at the Met. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera. Amid the metaphorical and and literal murk of this “gala” performance, one spark shone out ...