Giacomo Puccini News

RENT performs at the Centrepointe Theatre through March 11th with direction by Nicole Milne, musical direction by James Caswell and choreography by Debbie Millett.

The Canadian Opera Company presents a double bill of one-act operas as part of its 2012 spring season with the Canadian premiere of Alexander Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy and the return of Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, last seen with the COC in 1996. The two operas are presented in a new COC production by the legendary soprano-turned-director Catherine Malfitano and world-renowned conductor Sir Andrew Davis. A Florentine Tragedy is sung in German and Gianni Schicchi is sung in Italian, both with English SURTITLES™. The double bill of A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi runs for eight performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on April 26, May 2, 5, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 25, 2012.

The Canadian Opera Company presents a double bill of one-act operas as part of its 2012 spring season with the Canadian premiere of Alexander Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy and the return of Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, last seen with the COC in 1996. The two operas are presented in a new COC production by the legendary soprano-turned-director Catherine Malfitano and world-renowned conductor Sir Andrew Davis. A Florentine Tragedy is sung in German and Gianni Schicchi is sung in Italian, both with English SURTITLES™. The double bill of A Florentine Tragedy/Gianni Schicchi runs for eight performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts on April 26, May 2, 5, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 25, 2012.

Am Sonntag, 11. März 2012, findet um 11.00 Uhr die sechste Matinee der Reihe 'Das Ensemble stellt sich vor' im Gustav Mahler-Saal der Wiener Staatsoper statt.

RENT is set for the Centrepointe Theatre from March 2nd-11th with direction by Nicole Milne, musical direction by James Caswell and choreography by Debbie Millett.

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. MCC's Act I Musical Productions is presenting the full, uncut version of RENT March 1 - 10, 2012 at MCC's Theatre Outback, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85202. For ticket information call (480) 461 - 7172 or purchase your tickets online (and pick your own seats) at www.ezticketlive.com/mcc.

According to the NY Daily News, the Life Cafe, the setting that inspired Jonathan Larson's RENT, has been closed since September and is now available for rent. The Alphabet City restaurant, which is where the La Vie Boheme scene takes place, is where Larson penned a great deal of the iconic musical.

RENT is set for the Centrepointe Theatre from March 2nd-11th with direction by Nicole Milne, musical direction by James Caswell and choreography by Debbie Millett.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City today announced the 2012-2013 season which will be held in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

The Albuquerque Theatre Guild has announced the following upcoming events.

IL TRITTICO, a screening of a show including Three One-Act Operas from The Royal Opera House in London: IL TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA, and GIANNI SCHICCHI performs on February 12, at 11am.

RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. MCC's Act I Musical Productions is presenting the full, uncut version of RENT March 1 - 10, 2012 at MCC's Theatre Outback, 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, AZ 85202. For ticket information call (480) 461 - 7172 or purchase your tickets online (and pick your own seats) at www.ezticketlive.com/mcc.

IL TRITTICO, a screening of a show including Three One-Act Operas from The Royal Opera House in London: IL TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA, and GIANNI SCHICCHI performs on February 12, at 11am.

THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, SEMELE, and more are set for upcoming performances with the Canadian Opera Company.

New Philharmonic begins 2012 with a must-see concert staging of Giacomo Puccini's tragic love-story masterwork "Madama Butterfly" at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, Ill.