Giacomo Puccini

'Musica, pensiero, interpretazione. Toscanini tra Puccini e Furtwängler' Comes to Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2025

Il 14 giugno 2025 ore 16, presso l’Auditorium dell’APE Parma Museo, verrà presentato il volume “Musica, pensiero, interpretazione. Toscanini tra Puccini e Furtwängler”, edito dalla Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki di Firenze.

Arturo Chacón, Uno De Los Tenores Mexicanos Más Reconocidos A Nivel Mundial, Festeja 25 Años De Trayectoria
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2025

Pasó tan solo un mes desde que el tenor mexicano Arturo Chacón-Cruz se apoderó del Palacio de Bellas Artes con su interpretación en Rigoletto, de Giuseppe Verdi, para que regresara triunfante con la Gala Chacón, un emotivo festejo por sus 25 años de trayectoria artística, organizado por la Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Ópera (CNO).

Review: MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Grange Park Opera
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jun 9, 2025

Grange Park Opera has opened its new season with a crowd-pleaser. Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly remains problematic, with its story of a Japanese teenage geisha, impregnated and cruelly abandoned by an American lieutenant. However, it is still wildly popular, mainly due to its ravishing score.

THAT BASTARD PUCCINI! Premieres At Park Theatre This Summer
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2025

A fierce artistic rivalry takes center stage this summer as That Bastard, Puccini! makes its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre. Running from 10 July to 9 August 2025.

Opera Australia's LA BOHEME Will Embark on Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2025

Opera Australia is embarking on its 29th annual National Tour with Dean Bryant’s celebrated 70’s inspired bohemian production of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, travelling around the country beginning in July.

Opera Montana Unveils 2025-26 Season Including RAGTIME Directed By Francesca Zambello
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 28, 2025

Opera Montana - the state's oldest professional opera company -  has revealed its 2025-2026 season, the company's 48th. See the full season and learn how to purchase tickets.

Indigenous Singers Kirsten C. Kunkle, Gabriel Manro, & Hugo Vera Headline TOSCA With Mission Opera
by A.A. Cristi - May 23, 2025

Renowned Muscogee citizen soprano Kirsten C. Kunkle makes her debut in the title role of Tosca with Santa Clarita, California's Mission Opera. Reuniting with Kunkle from the world premiere of the first Native American language (Chickasaw) opera Loksi' Shaali' (“Shell Shaker”), tenor Hugo Vera, of Tiwa heritage, sings the role of Cavaradossi.

TURANDOT Comes to Israeli Opera in June
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2025

Giacomo Puccini's Turandot comes to the Israeli Opera next month.  Performances run 24 June - 7 July 2025. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Opera Grand Rapids Reveals 'East Meets Midwest' 2025-26 Season
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2025

Opera Grand Rapids (OGR) has announced its trailblazing 2025-2026 season during the “A Night with the Opera: Hip Opera” gala, held Thursday evening at GLC Live at 20 Monroe.

Review: TOSCA at McCaw Hall
by Erica Miner - May 12, 2025

Ending the season with a memorable production of one of opera’s most tour de force masterpieces is sure to motivate audiences to return for Seattle Opera’s next season

Musicians of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra Perform Free Events at Locations in San Francisco and Oakland
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2025

The San Francisco Opera Orchestra is stepping out of the War Memorial Opera House pit and into the community for free concerts at San Francisco and Oakland venues in May.

San Francisco Opera Opens Summer Season with LA BOHÈME
by Emmy Rice - Apr 27, 2025

San Francisco Opera’s 2025 Summer Season opens June 3 with one of opera’s all-time classics, Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème in director John Caird’s “elegant staging” (Mercury News).

Opera Carolina Announces 2025-2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 5, 2025

Opera Carolina has announced programming for its upcoming 76th season with an ambitious lineup of grand operas, special concerts, philanthropic events and community initiatives.

Opera Carolina Unveils 2025-2026 Season with 'Opera for All' Theme
by Josh Sharpe - Apr 4, 2025

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

THE MAGIC FLUTE Comes to Opera Greenwich
by Stephi Wild - Apr 3, 2025

An opera of epic proportions, with magical instruments, trials by fire, giant serpents and a battle to restore balance to the world; Opera Greenwich tackles Mozart's most fantastical opera in a new production at Greenwich Theatre.

Portland State University Opera Presents Puccini's SUOR ANGELICA & GIANNI SCHICCHI In April
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 2, 2025

Portland State University Opera will present “Suor Angelica” and “Gianni Schicchi,” two one-act operas by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini with libretto by Giovacchino Forzano.

Finnish National Opera And Ballet Announces 2025/2026 Season
by Joshua Wright - Mar 26, 2025

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2025–2026 season which features new contemporary operas, romantic ballet gems, and pulsating street dance The Opera and Ballet season 2025–2026 is a celebration of emotions. We move from one extreme to another, from dark tones towards light and vice versa.

Puccini’s TOSCA Returns to Seattle Opera in May
by Stephi Wild - Mar 26, 2025

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 lecherous baron.

Review: RENT In Concert is a Symphonic Triumph at OC’s Segerstrom Center
by Michael Quintos - Mar 21, 2025

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from experiencing RENT - IN CONCERT—a symphony orchestra-backed concert version of Jonathan Larson's iconic musical which recently played to a full-capacity crowd for a one-night-only performance on March 15, 2025 at OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa—is that this Tony and Pulitzer-Prize-winning 1996 show truly deserves to always have a full symphony orchestra playing its memorable score. Aided by a talented ensemble led by Coby Getzug, Abigail Barlow, and Frankie Rodriguez, this beautifully-presented music showcase proved to be an entertaining evening.

Ensemble Theatre Company Presents Fourth Production Of Its 46th Season RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 18, 2025

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will present pianist/actor/playwright/producer Hershey Felder, for a strictly limited engagement of RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR, a new musical play.