Puccini reinvented grand opera on an intimate, human scale, painting the lives of everyday men and women through music of exquisite and timeless beauty, with arias that speak directly to the heart.
“It was quite tricky deciding who’d sing what,” said Timothy Sexton, State Opera’s artistic director. “There are always feelings of ‘Oh, I’d like to sing that one’. “But the fact we have such choice ...
THE LIMERICK Opera Festival will celebrate the legacy of Giacomo Puccini, one of opera's most beloved and enduring composers. This gala concert will honour the extraordinary legacy of Giacomo Puccini, ...
The word’s meaning may have flown past most at the convention, but the music’s meaning did not. It was the soaring melody of Puccini’s famous tenor aria “Nessun dorma” from his opera “Turandot.” Who ...
The Limerick Opera Festival presents a Puccini Aria Celebration Concert at the Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick, on Saturday October 24 at 8pm.
Mid Wales Opera presents a full evening of Italian opera, opening with Puccini’s brilliant, one-act comedy Gianni Schicchi, ...
When the New Orleans Opera opens its 2024-25 season this weekend, its lead-off production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” will evoke fond memories for two of its principal singers. Soprano Melody Moore ...
Puccini’s work has continued to enthral audiences, from Tosca to Madam Butterfly. Here’s everything you need to know Telegraph Opera Critic, Nicholas Kenyon, is an author and academic, and former ...
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 ...
I met famous opera singer Jonathan Tetelman in a café! What started as an ordinary café visit became an unforgettable musical ...
William Berger: What is this woman in white that we're waiting for? Is she purity and virginity or is she death? Rhiannon Giddens: From WQXR and the Metropolitan Opera, this is Aria Code. I'm Rhiannon ...
Adriana Lecouvreur, Movements: Poveri fiori Prague National Theatre Orchestra Ondrej Lenárd, Conductor Eva Urbanová, Soprano Francesco Cilea, Composer Turandot, Movements: ~ Ondrej Lenárd, Conductor ...