Date of Birth: December 22, 1858
Date of Death: November 29, 1924 (65)
Birth Place: Lucca, Tuscany, ITALY
OPERA DAY IN THE BAY will unite 13 Bay Area opera organizations for a free outdoor concert at Transamerica Pyramid Center Redwood Park, featuring repertoire spanning Baroque to contemporary works and four new compositions.
Opéra de Montréal will present Puccini's TURANDOT at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, featuring a new ending by Christopher Tin and Susan Soon He Stanton in a co-production with Washington National Opera and The Dallas Opera.
OperaOn75 will present Puccini's LA BOHÈME at Church Street Auditorium in McKinney, featuring professional singers, an orchestra and a collaboration with the Children's Chorus of Greater North Texas.
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Hershey Felder will return to People's Light with RACHMANINOFF AND THE TSAR, a musical drama starring Felder and Jonathan Silvestri as Russia's last emperor, for a limited engagement in Malvern.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will present a ten-concert autumn season at Calderwood Hall, curated by George Steel and featuring performers including Rachel Barton Pine, Rachell Ellen Wong, and the Ivalas Quartet.
Cincinnati Opera announced its 2027 Summer Festival lineup, led by a world premiere honoring the civil rights icon along with Puccini's TURANDOT and Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO.
Cincinnati composer Rick Sowash will release Full Circle, a new album of clarinet and piano works on RSP Records, featuring seven world premiere recordings distributed internationally by Kickshaw Records.
Shenandoah Conservatory revealed its 2026-27 season featuring guest artists, a new Well-Being Concert Series developed with Carnegie Hall, and productions including Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, ad more.
San Francisco Opera has announced its 2026-27 season, featuring productions of Simon Boccanegra, Mary, Queen of Scots, Manon, The Marriage of Figaro, Das Rheingold, and Tosca, along with concerts, Opera Ball, and Opera in the Park.
The Seoul Arts Center will present its 2026 production of Puccini’s opera “Turandot” in July at the Opera Theater in Seoul, South Korea.
The Zurich Opera House will present Giacomo Puccini's La rondine, in a new production by Christof Loy.
Maestro Michael Fennelly and his Arcadia Symphony celebrated America's 250th anniversary with a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium.
Florida Grand Opera CEO Maria Todaro will make her stage directing debut at the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, conducting TOSCA at the lake where Puccini himself composed, deepening Miami and Viareggio's twin-city cultural bond.
Des Moines Metro Opera (DMMO)’s Linda Koehn General and Artistic Director, Michael Egel, has announced the repertory for the company’s 2027 Festival Season.
On the opening night of director Richard Jones's excellent production of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, England's captain, Harry Kane, leads his team to the last 16 after scoring two goals against the Democratic of Congo in the World Cup.
Opera Festival of Chicago has released production photos from its staging of La Bohème, now playing at the George Van Dusen Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie.
Flat Rock Playhouse will present a 30th Anniversary production of RENT at the State Theatre of North Carolina.
Maria Todaro, General Director and CEO of Florida Grand Opera, will direct a new production of TOSCA at the 72nd Festival Puccini at the Gran Teatro all'Aperto Giacomo Puccini in Torre del Lago, Italy.
Check out photos from opening weekend of The Princeton Festival which welcomed hundreds of patrons on Friday, June 5 for a cabaret performance featuring Sierra Boggess, who sang a range of Broadway tunes to the delight of her gathered fans.
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