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.

Puccini’s ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (And the stars were shining brightly) is one of the most heart-wrenching arias in the Italian tenor repertoire. Sung by the doomed painter Cavaradossi in the opera ...

Two of Australasia’s finest vocalists join with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in October to celebrate some of the most iconic music ever written for opera. If that’s not exciting enough, Arias ...

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 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, ...

Madama Butterfly, Movements: Un bel dì vedremo Karine Babajanyan, Soprano Giacomo Puccini, Composer Pier Giorgio Morandi, Conductor Budapest Symphony Orchestra (La) Bohème, 'Bohemian Life', Movements: ...

The Limerick Opera Festival presents a Puccini Aria Celebration Concert at the Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick, on Saturday October 24 at 8pm.

There are so many tenor arias that can thrill you the way "Nessun dorma" does. Here are nine of them. Has the popularity of "Nessun dorma" served — as hoped — as a gateway to the larger operatic ...

Watch Malakai’s emotional performance of ‘O mio babbino caro’ on Britain’s Got Talent, which won the 13-year-old treble the public vote and secured him a place in Sunday’s final. A young treble with a ...

Madama Butterfly, Movements: Un bel dì vedremo Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra Giacomo Puccini, Composer Angela Gheorghiu, Soprano Anton Coppola, Conductor Edgar, Movements: Addio, addio, mio ...