Among all the composers whose operas have continued to enthral audiences, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is unrivalled. That’s perhaps surprising, because he created some of his most successful works in ...

A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The history and curiosity behind these operas, both set in Asia, complicate often simplistic criticisms of borrowing and stereotyping. By Zachary ...

Intellectual condescension toward Giacomo Puccini, which still persists, started during his lifetime, when his operas played the world’s houses and made him wealthy. How wealthy? When Puccini died at ...

Puccini reinvented grand opera on an intimate, human scale, painting the lives of everyday men and women through music of exquisite and timeless beauty, with arias that speak directly to the heart.

The Republican National Convention climaxed last week with its presidential nominee’s name spelled out in fireworks over the National Mall. The first family was then serenaded by a pop operatic tenor ...

The world of opera was shaken on the morning of November 29, 1924. Giacomo Puccini, the most famous composer of his time, had died in Brussels as a result of surgery for throat cancer. Or rather, as a ...

Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house. After the death in 1848 of Gaetano Donizetti (a virtual composing machine who cranked out over 60 ...

Giacomo Puccini was never shy when it came to writing operas with exotic settings — or at least settings that seemed exotic to European audiences. Still, Puccini may have outdone himself with La ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The costume of Minnie, the Girl of the Golden West, hangs in the shadows halfway up the back stairs of Giacomo Puccini's house in ...