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 ...

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 ...

A sumptuous score and magnificent singing bring real theatrical electricity, even if the relentless violence and radical reimagining don’t always convince ...

Though ‘Le Villi’ is often bypassed in favor of Puccini’s later works, his first opera still has heart and technical skill. Some great artistic masters have become so revered that their reputations ...

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 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.

Giacomo Puccini was five when his father died, leaving a pregnant wife of 37 with seven children. To help her, Giacomo, heir of a family that had dominated music in the Tuscan town of Lucca for four ...

Composers have harnessed TV and cinema since Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors pulled in five million viewers 75 years ago but for my money Kombat Opera’s satire showed us how to do it best ...

The last operatic work that Italian composer Giacomo Puccini ever completed in his lifetime is called Il trittico (The triptych). It's an unusual night at the opera, with an experimental flavour that ...

“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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English National Opera's 2020 production of Giacomo Puccini's Madam Butterfly - Corbis Entertainment Among all the composers whose ...