NEW YORK — I’ve never been much of a fan of Franco Zeffirelli’s production of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” with its realistic sets and dowdy charm. But I developed an unexpected fondness for it on Tuesday, ...

This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be completed since Puccini’s death. A new version hands that task to ...

Last weekend, two men stood in their impoverished quarters. One of them burnt a manuscript while the other stood closer, their desperate attempt at keeping warm. It was Friday in Madison, but on stage ...

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 ...

Is there any more tuneful “star turn” in opera than Cio-Cio-San’s entrance in Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly? Besotted with American naval officer Pinkerton, on shore leave in Nagasaki, the young ...

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" remains a popular opera more than 100 years after it was written, but it's not often performed simultaneously in neighboring towns. But that's what is ...

Seattle Opera will close its 2024/25 season with Giacomo Puccini’s shocking melodrama Tosca, the fiery tale of an opera diva who risks everything to save her beloved from the grasp of a sadistic and ...

The highly responsive audience for the one-night-only performance of "Turandot" cheered, applauded and whistled spontaneously all evening.

The Feb. 28 staging starring Limmie Pulliam, Latonia Moore and Detroiter Christine Goerke will launch Music Hall’s new Classic Opera series.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lot can change in 10 years. And lot's changed for Southwest Florida's Gulfshore Opera, as well. Audiences have grown. The ...

The company’s director, Oliver Mears, talks about the opening performance of “Tosca,” the return of the soprano Anna Netrebko and more. By Rebecca Schmid The booming bass-baritone stars in Puccini’s ...