Manon Lescaut is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini. The story is based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost. The libretto is in Italian, ...

In recent years, having returned to the three masterpieces – in their totality probably Puccini’s supreme offering – in Zoom classes, I’ve found more subtle connections with Dante as a source of ...

Soprano Lise Davidsen will sing her first Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, opposite tenor Freddie De Tommaso, who will make his Met debut, as David McVicar’s production of Puccini’s Tosca returns for ...

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For good reason, the Metropolitan Opera has staged Puccini’s “La Bohème” more than any other opera. Fans all over the world care about Mimi and Rodolfo as if they were family – or earlier versions of ...

It’s been called one of the “most lethal” of operas. But beyond its dark themes of murder, corruption and betrayal, “Tosca” also boasts some of Puccini’s most beloved arias. Set in Rome during the ...

What should opera look like in a world marked by rapid industrial and technological development? Though such questions certainly resonate in the 21st century, opera composers were asking the same ...

MILÁNMILÁN — El renombrado Teatro de La Scala abrirá su temporada 2018-19 con una nueva producción de “Attila” de Verdi, siguiendo la tradición de la ópera italiana, pero también presentará novedades ...

Puccini's “La bohème” is the story of Mimi, a seamstress who befriends a band of young bohemians. The opera runs April 15-30 at the California Theatre in San Jose. If you’re an opera aficionado, ...