The Washington National Opera’s brilliant revival of “Manon Lescaut” demonstrates that as early as 1893, when Giacomo Puccini was writing this, his first popular work, he knew well how to use music to ...
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 ...
Produced in collaboration with the Cleveland Women's Orchestra and stage directed by Dorota Sobieska, the Cleveland Opera will present Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in the Crystal Ballroom at the Tudor Arms ...
At the Opera will begin with an artist profile of American dramatic soprano Helen Traubel, followed by the feature opera, Puccini's Manon Lescaut. Manon Lescaut is an Italian-language opera in four ...
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Soprano Patricia Racette is the greatest advertisement for Puccini’s heroines. His operas dominate her resume, and no wonder. She owns a voice that gravitates to his expansive Italian lines and ...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Opera is doing it again. Setting aside mainstream repertoire, it’s producing an opera largely unknown in Northeast Ohio. This Friday and Sunday, at the Tudor Arms Hotel ...
The Sarasota Opera has staged plenty of Puccini — everything from “La Boheme” and “Madama Butterfly” to “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi” — but never the early triumph that launched his career in ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no one since. Credit... Supported by ...
The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee radio broadcasts continues with Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.