There was a time when the toughest ticket to procure on the Minnesota Orchestra’s schedule was the annual Sommerfest opera finale. A one-night-only affair, it often involved top-flight soloists and ...

The local performances will offer a celebration of Puccini’s timeless music and legacy at NDSU Challey Hall on April 25-26. FM Opera guest tenor Luke Norvell, front left, FM Opera Artistic Director ...

Yasuo Harada has collected several monikers over nearly a century, including “the singing university president,” among his ...

The Atlanta Opera will present an entirely new staging of Giacomo Puccini's final masterwork, Turandot. Created by The Atlanta Opera's General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun and under the baton of ...

Korean tenor Baek Seok-jong says his career has been defined more by failure than success, reflecting on a musical journey ...

Why these extravagant gestures to Puccini? While celebrations connected to an artist’s birth are quite common, making a big fuss over the anniversary of their death happens far less frequently. But ...

Seattle Opera will close its 2024/25 season with Giacomo Puccini’s shocking melodrama Tosca, the fiery tale of an opera diva who risks everything to save her beloved from the grasp of a sadistic and ...

There was more drama than usual at the Royal Opera House as its head of music had to step in when the lead tenor fell ill during a production of Turandot. Audience members reportedly booed and even ...

Puccini’s “La bohème” may be the most beloved opera of all time, with the doomed romance of the impoverished seamstress and poet enchanting audiences since its premiere conducted by Arturo Toscanini ...