Giacomo Puccini News

The stage of the Little Theatre at Saratoga Spa State Park is readied for the July 2 opening of "Madama Butterfly," which opens the season.

As the leaves begin to color, opera will fill the screen at the Sunrise Theater's premiere season of "The Met: Live in HD" simulcast from The Metropolitan Opera in New York.

A Monmouth County woman has been crowned Miss New Jersey. Ashley Shaffer of Millstone Township won the title Saturday night at the Ocean City Music Pier, beating out 24 other contestants.

On Saturday, June 20, Opera of the Hamptons will open its 18th season with Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" at Duck Walk Vineyards North in Southold at 7 p.m. The dramatic opera, full of intrigue, passion and violence, has excited audiences for more than a century and Floria Tosca, the beautiful diva at the center of the show, continues to entrance ...

Verona will open its 87th Opera Festival on Friday, a summer-long event with five operas and a special evening for tenor Placido Domingo, celebrating 40 years since his debut in the northern Italian town's arena.

This Saturday night, June 20 , at 7 p.m., the Opera of the Hamptons will perform Giacomo Puccini's beloved opera, Tosca at Duck Walk North Vineyards , Route 25 in Southold.

The Des Moines Metro Opera takes the "staycation" concept to a whole new level this summer, with trips to Italy, Germany and Spain.

The clash of cultures explored in Moby-Dick found earlier expression in this masterpiece about love and loyalty on the far side of the world.

The Washington National Opera mezzo-soprano Anamer Castrello demonstrates how to tell a story by singing during Monday night's program on "Madame Butterfly" at the Poolesville Library.

Soprano Anya Fidelia is proof that there's life after singing at the Caramoor International Music Festival - though that doesn't mean it isn't a challenge.

Samuel Ramey is the murderous Bluebeard and Denyce Graves plays his unfortunate bride, in Bartok's thriller Bluebeard's Castle , at the Washington National Opera.

WHO BUT Giacomo Puccini could have transformed the tumultuous tale that originated as a stage vehicle for actress Sarah Bernhardt into "Tosca," an opera of near immortal proportions? "Tosca" was almost the opera Puccini didn't write.

Shockingly beautiful: Kelly Kaduce as Salome, shown with the head of Jokanaan. Details: Salome Through June 28 at the Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves.

Some people are natural-born sprinters. Propelled by bursts of energy, they deliver high athletic performances even as they seek those crucial restive moments to renew and refresh themselves in preparation for the next big race.

La Bohme is a perfect springboard into opera. Details: La Bohme Through June 27 at the Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road, Webster Groves.

Giacomo Puccini was already a well-known composer when he started writing Madama Butterfly .

I had the great fortune of singing in the South Dakota Symphony Chorus when we did the opera 'Turandot' by Giacomo Puccini April 25.

The Washington National Opera's colorful production of Giacomo Puccini's "Turandot" is a fantastic way for the company to end its season at the Kennedy Center.

This week Classical reviewer Geoff Adams listens to works by Puccini performed by Angela Gheorghiu and Jonas Kauffman, and Spohr's Violin Concertos performed by Simone Lamsma and the Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla.

Giacomo Puccini's musical artistry has never been better served than it is with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra's production of "La Boheme." Interestingly, the symphony's business decision to present the opera as a semi-staged production created this situation.