Giacomo Puccini

The Royal Opera’s TURANDOT To Screen At Minehead’s Regal Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 2, 2026

An encore screening of Turandot by Giacomo Puccini will be presented at the Regal Theatre in Minehead. The live broadcast will beam from the Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, April 6, with the screening scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.

Stefano Vignati to Open Global Centennial Puccini Celebrations In China With TURANDOT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 30, 2025

Stefano Vignati, Music Director and Principal Conductor of Opera Carolina, has been selected to conduct the opening of the global Centennial Puccini celebrations in China, commemorating 100 years since the death of Giacomo Puccini.

Review: LA BOHÈME at LA Opera
by Andrew Child - Dec 2, 2025

Herbert Ross’ production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème currently being presented by LA Opera has everything an audience venturing to the opera could hope for. When the curtain rises on Gerard Howland’s beautifully-textured scenery, one is instantly transported to a brutally cold winter scene speckled with the soft, orange glow tantalizingly emanating from windows.

The Dessoff Choirs to Present Annual Holiday Concerts: WELCOME YULE & MESSIAH SING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 13, 2025

​​​​​​​The Dessoff Choirs - led by Music Director Malcolm J. Merriweather - will present its annual holiday concerts: Welcome Yule, followed by Messiah Sing.

Review: IL TRITTICO at Houston Grand Opera
by Armando Urdiales - Nov 2, 2025

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Portland Opera To Present LA BOHÈME At Keller Auditorium
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2025

Portland Opera will present Puccini’s La Bohème November 15–23, 2025, at Keller Auditorium. Directed by Cara Consilvio and starring Hope Briggs and Alok Kumar.

Stravinsky, Puccini and More Set for The Orchestre Philharmonique et Ch�"ur des Mélomanes Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 27, 2025

For its 11th season, the Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes will offer three events featuring some of the most powerful works in the classical and operatic repertoire. Learn more!

Review: MISS SAIGON at Göteborgs Operan
by Christian Ranke - Oct 21, 2025

For decades, Miss Saigon has occupied contested terrain within the musical theater canon—championed by some as an essential work, scrutinized by others for perpetuating orientalist narratives and reductive stereotypes.

Calgary Opera Opens Season With Reimagined MADAMA BUTTERFLY
by Stephi Wild - Oct 15, 2025

Calgary Opera will open its 2025/26 main stage season with Giacomo Puccini’s tragic masterpiece Madama Butterfly, a timeless tale of love, betrayal, and cultural collision.

Madison Opera Opens 2025�"26 Season with Puccini’s LA BOHÈME
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 8, 2025

Madison Opera launches its 2025–26 season with Puccini’s timeless masterpiece La Bohème, performed November 7 and 9 at Overture Hall. The beloved opera follows the passionate and heartbreaking lives of young artists in Paris, featuring a dynamic new cast and direction by Alison Pogorelc, conducted by John DeMain.

MADAMA BUTTERFLY Comes to Opera San José Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2025

Opera San José will continue its 42nd season, devoted to exploring the question “what is love?,” with Puccini's tragic masterpiece Madama Butterfly. Learn more here!

REVIEW: RENT Returns To Sydney with a Large Scale Production for the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House.
by Jade Kops - Oct 3, 2025

Director Shaun Rennie delivers his third imagining of RENT, this time in his biggest staging of the musical to date in the Joan Sutherland Theatre of Sydney Opera House.  32 years after Jonathan Larson’s (Music, Book, Lyrics) musical theatre adaptation of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème was first presented as a workshop production in the off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop in 1993, almost 30 years after it’s Broadway debeut at the Nederlander Theatre in 1996,  and 27 years after it’s Australian premiere at the Theatre Royal in 1998, the “rock opera” retains a relevance.

Opera Carolina Will Host A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
by Stephi Wild - Oct 2, 2025

This fall, step into a world of passion, sacrifice, and unforgettable music as A Night To Remember returns to the prestigious Belk Theater. Learn more about the performance here!

Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Sep 12, 2025

If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible. The story of the lovers and the evil apparatchik is told at a furious pace, trauma after trauma piling up as the emotional heft becomes all but unbearable. There’s no standing about for twenty minutes while someone sings stage left, no mythical dwarves hiding gold, no magical toymaker. Nor, as early critics were quick to point out, is there a whole lot of poetry either in Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s sensational play. However, there are compensations…

THE MAGIC FLUTE and More Set for Opera Carolina 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2025

Opera Carolina - the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas - has revealed programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events, and community initiatives. 

Opera Saratoga Will Stage LA BOHEME For 65th Anniversary
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2025

To kick off a year-long celebration of Opera Saratoga/Lake George Opera Festival's 65th anniversary, Opera Saratoga announces the first holiday opera in the company's history.

Atchley Opera Will Present A Double Bill Of Puccini’s SUOR ANGELICA and GIANNI SCHICCHI
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 19, 2025

This fall, Atchley Opera, Fort Worth’s newest opera company, will invite audiences to experience the full range of human emotion through the exquisite storytelling and music of Giacomo Puccini.

GIANNI SCHICCHI EN CONCIERTO Comes to Gran Teatro Nacional
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2025

En el marco de la segunda edición del Festival Internacional de Ópera Juvenil, la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional Juvenil Bicentenario presenta la obra “Gianni Schicchi” de Giacomo Puccini en formato concierto.

TOSCA Comes to the Dutch National Opera
by Stephi Wild - Jul 28, 2025

Tosca comes to the Dutch National Opera in September. Love, power and betrayal take centre stage in Tosca, a psychological thriller by Giacomo Puccini.