English National Opera’s 2020 production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madam Butterfly - Corbis Entertainment Among all the composers whose operas have continued to enthral audiences, Giacomo Puccini ...
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 ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no one since. Credit... Supported by ...
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 ...
Life is Short: Opera is Long. Not sure where to start on Wagner’s Ring Cycle? This is a chance to hear highlights from epic operas of Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini in one afternoon. Hear the unamplified ...
The Metropolitan Opera is on a run of Turandot, the opera by Puccini—his last. In fact, he was unable to complete it, before dying in November 1924. The most common “completion” of the opera is that ...
It all began with audiences sitting on straw bales in a barn, and only after a purpose-built theatre came into being was there a small pit enabling something more than piano accompaniment for major ...
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WEST WINDSOR – Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre and Operallora has announced a double bill of Puccini’s Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica, to be presented Aug. 18 and Aug. 20 in West ...