With operas such as 'Tosca,' 'Madama Butterfly' and 'La Boheme,' Giacomo Puccini still dominates the repertoire of opera houses around the world 100 years after his death. The world of opera was ...

ANYONE heading to Los Angeles Opera’s revival of its Robert Wilson-directed “Madame Butterfly” this month might want to check out a new paperback for insights into the composer, his works and ...

When Mary Jane Phillips-Matz published her one-volume biography of Giuseppe Verdi in 1993, it stood several inches thick. It was a major scholarly achievement. Now she is back with a much slenderer ...

Giacomo Puccini is a hit machine in the world of grand opera: “Madama Butterfly,” “Tosca” and La Boheme” are among the most produced and popular operas on the planet. But his first success was “Manon ...

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A few weeks ago we did the best second-best symphonies. This week we’re going to do the best second-best operas. For the sake of argument, a composer’s second-best opera is any opera that isn’t his ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Opera’s 2025-2026 season will feature Puccini’s “La Boheme” as its featured production. “‘La Boheme captures the raw beauty of youth, love and loss in artistic ...

For the world premiere livestream of “Hershey Felder, Puccini,” TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has partnered with a company that knows a thing or two about staging operas by the famed composer. Opera San ...

This image released by the Washington National Opera shows a set rendering by Wilson Chin showing one of his designs for a new production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" opening May 11 at the ...

“Almighty God touched me with His little finger,” wrote Giacomo Puccini, “and said: ‘Write for the theater . . .’ I have obeyed the supreme command.” He obeyed so successfully that he became one of ...