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 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 ...

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 ...