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.

The centenary of Puccini's death gives creatives the chance to reflect on what makes his operas so special and explore new ways to stage them. by Alexandra Wilson on 22 April, 2024 Despite the various ...

Some of the biggest names from the Australian Opera scene are joined by Orchestra Victoria for a gala performance of highlights from the music of Puccini. International superstar soprano Nicole Car ...

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini was the pop star of his era. Even 100 years after his death, his operas like 'Tosca,' 'Madama Butterfly' and 'La Boheme' remain staple repertoire — and politically ...

Opera critics consider Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca,” which is now playing at the San Francisco Opera, to be the epitome of the verismo style. When the opera premiered in 1900, many Italian composers were ...

Puccini’s La Rondine (The Swallow) is no apprentice work. On the contrary, it was his eighth opera, composed after La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly. Yet it wasn’t staged at Covent Garden until ...

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 ...

Puccini set his one-act opera in the 17th century, but its tragic story has had many painfully real counterparts all too recently, says ENO’s Annilese Miskimmon Great operas have the ability to thrive ...

AMONG PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME, I am famous—or maybe notorious would be a better word—for circulating links to music. I’m constantly firing out messages to friends, colleagues, WhatsApp groups, Instagram ...

A house that played a central role in Giacomo Puccini's turbulent and ultimately tragic love life is up for sale – a three-storey building in the hills south of Lake Como to which the composer of ...