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 ...

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 ...

Simonetta Puccini, who went to court to prove that she was a descendant of the composer Giacomo Puccini and, after she won that case, worked to further Puccini’s legacy, died on Dec. 16 in Milan. She ...

What should opera look like in a world marked by rapid industrial and technological development? Though such questions certainly resonate in the 21st century, opera composers were asking the same ...

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Having studied, performed and written about the composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) since my student days, I find it surprising to see him described on the Bard Music ...

Romeo and Juliet Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (The) Seasons, Movements: No. 6, June (Barcarolle) Mikhail Rudy, Piano Yuri ...

Opera: La Boheme Aria: Quando M’en Vo (Musetta’s Waltz); Opera: Tosca Aria: Come E Lunga L’Attesa (How Long The Wait); Opera: Turandot Aria: Nessum Dorma (None Shall Sleep); Opera: Tosca Aria: E Luce ...

The director-general of Musica Viva (Hong Kong), Lo King-man (fifth from right), is flanked by mezzo-soprano Bonnie Liu (in red) and soprano Kenix Tsang (in green) at the Puccini's Rarities concert in ...