Giacomo Puccini News

Cincinnati Opera announces updated schedule and cast information for the company's 2023 Summer Festival, taking place June 11–July 29, 2023.

Sarasota Opera has announced the 2023-2024 Opera Season today in a press conference on the main stage of the Sarasota Opera House. It will include four exciting opera productions, with one company premiere, a revival of a Sarasota Opera favorite, and two works that have not been given in more than a decade. There will also be a return of a favorite concert with orchestra and the industry-leading Sarasota Youth Opera production. 

The Atlanta Opera announced today their 2023/2024 season. The Atlanta Opera's 2023-24 season is a marquee lineup of blockbuster hits! Dive into a vivid world of opera, from timeless classics to brand new spectacles, that span traditional and cutting-edge. 

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), en colaboración con la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), ofrecerán el programa Música Inbal en tu escuela. El arte del piano se desarrollará todos los jueves de febrero con un concierto que integra diversos estilos musicales a través de las obras de compositores de renombre internacional y la participación de destacados intérpretes y artistas. 

Internationally acclaimed pianist, master teacher, chamber musician, conductor, and vocal coach Warren Jones, comes to the Curtis Institute of Music, February 13–⁠17, 2023, for a highly-anticipated artist residency featuring a private master class in collaboration with Curtis’s distinguished vocal studies and piano studies departments led by Miloš Repický, Hirsig Family Chair in Vocal Studies and Amy Yang, associate dean of piano studies and artistic initiatives.

San Francisco Opera’s Centennial Season culminates June 16, 2023, in a special concert and dinner honoring the Company’s illustrious 100-year history.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra USA's 2022/23 season continues with 2022/23 Artist-in-Residence and virtuoso pianist Orli Shaham in a tour-de-force program on February 25-26 at Skyview Concert Hall.

Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren has announced the Alma Theater productions for Cain Park's 85th season: RENT, which will run June 8-25, 2023; and FUN HOME, which will run August 10-27, 2023.

San Diego Opera's 2022-2023 Season continues with Puccini's Tosca on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances.

For the first time ever the Ukrainian National Opera is touring the UK and visiting Darlington Hippodrome in March with two of the most powerful operas of all time. 

San Francisco Opera announces dates and locations for Bohème Out of the Box. The free, live performances of an abridged version of Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème will travel to outdoor locations throughout the Bay Area this spring.

Steamboat Springs, CO. Opera Steamboat announces its 2023 season, with performances of Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi running in repertory with Missy Mazzoli's Proving Up from August 5th to August 13th. Under the leadership of Interim Executive and Artistic Director Ben Robinson, the company is also pivoting to its first-ever season where all participants in its Opera Artist Institute will be paid.

Sarasota Opera is seeking several enthusiastic children to volunteer for a performance opportunity in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. The character of Madama Butterfly's son Dolore can be played by either a girl or boy and is a non-singing role. The age of Dolore calls for a three-year-old but should be played by an older child who is smaller in size: less than about 3 ½ - 4 feet tall. 

One of my favourite theatrical moments of the year at Theatre Royal Bath was Into the Woods: a trippy version of Stephen Sondheim's musical, thanks to Terry Gilliam's surreal Monty Python-esque imagination. This mind-bending show deserves space in the West End soon.

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE has announced that pianist and actor Hershey Felder will present his musical masterpiece as he portrays Monsieur Chopin in CHOPIN IN PARIS.

San Diego Opera's 2022-2023 Season continues with Puccini's Tosca on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the San Diego Civic Theatre for four performances. Additional performances are March 28, 31, and April 2 (matinee), 2023. All evening performances take place at 7:30 PM, matinees at 2 PM.

Virtuoso pianist/actor/playwright/ producer Hershey Felder will return to the Bay Area for a strictly limited engagement of his acclaimed work, Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone, part of a limited farewell tour of a character performed live more than 3000 times throughout the world.

Hershey Felder As George Gershwin Alone will make its Dallas Premiere on Sunday, January 26, 2023 at the Music Hall at Fair Park.

Musical genres from all over the spectrum have hit our stages this season! From the rock stars of Almost Famous to the witches of Wicked, find the show that best suits your musical taste!

Canadian Opera Company's 2021/2022 season was marked by sold-out shows, an average mainstage attendance capacity of 94%, and impressive growth in the company's online community as reported yesterday by COC Board Chair Jonathan Morgan and COC General Director Perryn Leech.