With operas such as 'Tosca,' 'Madama Butterfly' and 'La Boheme,' Giacomo Puccini still dominates the repertoire of opera houses around the world 100 years after his death. The world of opera was ...

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died.

Vancouver Opera is gearing up for a powerhouse 2025/2026 season featuring three of the most celebrated works in the operatic canon. The upcoming lineup promises a mix of drama, comedy, and romance, ...

The COC’s 2025 production of this masterpiece seamlessly blends performance practice tradition with a contemporary ...

When the curtain rises Saturday evening on Los Angeles Opera’s “Turandot,” composer Giacomo Puccini’s last work will feature the L.A. debut of the production’s biggest star: monumental stage sets ...

The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will perform Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7 ...

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For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Singers Edward Parks and Yaritza Véliz, making their HGO debuts, lead a strong cast that helps make this production fresh and ...

Arizona Opera is mounting Puccini's perennial favorite on Saturday afternoon as part of its reimagined programming that ...

Highlights include an all-Beethoven piano quartet concert featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax, a new piano concerto by John ...

On Jan. 31, the Knoxville Opera put on the first of two performances of “La Bohème,” a timeless Italian libretto set in ...