Sondra Radvanovsky: It's really been my therapist, opera has. It's been my way of dealing with all of my issues in life, not just the death of people close to me and illness, but also happy moments, ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists At these groundbreaking concerts, Radvanovsky will sing Puccini's most iconic soprano arias — from Tosca's "Vissi d'arte" and Madama Butterfly's "Un ...

When the New Orleans Opera opens its 2024-25 season this weekend, its lead-off production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” will evoke fond memories for two of its principal singers. Soprano Melody Moore ...

Whenever someone asks my opinion on the perfect “first” opera to attend, I always pick “Tosca” or “La bohème.” Puccini’s earworm melodies, spectacular arias and concise scoring can hook a first-time ...

As companies around the globe celebrate the centennial of Giacomo Puccini’s death in 2024, Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago’s foremost producer of new and rarely produced operas, presents Bohème ...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. The work, based on ...

Christine Goerke as Princess Turandot and (Limmie Pulliam as Calàf in Turandot at Moores School of Music. Credit: Photo by Rafael Lopez Every time Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece Turandot (1926) ...

Opera: La Boheme Aria: Quando M’en Vo (Musetta’s Waltz); Opera: Tosca Aria: Come E Lunga L’Attesa (How Long The Wait); Opera: Turandot Aria: Nessum Dorma (None Shall Sleep); Opera: Tosca Aria: E Luce ...

A school speech day was lifted out of the ordinary by a performance of a Puccini aria. Opera singer Katie Bird was the guest ...

Giacomo Puccini is a hit machine in the world of grand opera: “Madama Butterfly,” “Tosca” and La Boheme” are among the most produced and popular operas on the planet. But his first success was “Manon ...

The Kennedy Center premieres a new ending for one of the world's most famous operas on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The opera is Turandot, and its ending has always been, shall we say, problematic.