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

Two classic operas, a world premiere and a concert presentation of one of Puccini’s early works make up the newly announced Minnesota Opera 2025-2026 season. “We’re all telling stories about ourselves ...

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

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 ...

Francesca Zambello, artistic director of the Washington National Opera, talks about an exciting new staging of Puccini’s unfinished final opera, Turandot. If you can't access your feeds, please ...

A lot can change in 10 years. A decade ago, tenor Michael Fabiano was a rising star in the opera world. Now the in-demand singer performs regularly on some of the world's top stages, including New ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Phil Chan believes “Madama Butterfly” should be celebrated as a masterpiece. Chan also believes the 120-year-old Puccini opera should be reclaimed and reinvented by Asian and Asian-American artists.

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 ...