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Puccini Madama Butterfly at Teatro alla  Scala, Milan, but not in the famous version, but the original so reviled at its premiere that ...

Puccini Manon Lescaut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich. Some will scream in rage but in its austerity it reaches to the heart of th...

Good article " From slavery to singing star: celebrating Thomas Rutling, by Ronald Samm , who is a singer himself. Samm is starring...

Thoughts on the Sex Worker’s Opera, Arcola Theatre, London, January 26-30, 2015  by Mark Bridle Challenging assumptions about both pro...

Highlight of the Munich season, Puccini Manon Lescaut with Jonas Kaufmann and Kristine Opolais. Saturday's performance was screened...

At the ENO, Puccini's La fanciulla del West becomes The Girl of the Golden West . Hearing this opera in English instead of Italian...

Puccini The Girl of the Golden West at ENO tonight. The world's first Spaghetti Western ?  A tasty teaser, not ?  For my review of th...

Manon Lescaut at the Royal Opera House, London, brings out the humanity which lies beneath Puccini's music. The composer was drawn t...

First thoughts on Manon Lescaut at the Royal Opera House. Genius Kristine Opolais, genius Pappano, and Kaufmann genius after the first ...

The very idea of the Berliner Philharmoniker playing Puccini operas  should raise a wry smile when one thinks of the orchestra's mag...

Ermonela Jaho, who sang the wonderful Suor Angelica at the Royal Opera House, returns to sing Magda in Puccini's La Rondine.  ...

La Rondine isn't Puccini's finest moment. As drama it's a retread of La Bohème . The music resembles out-takes from Madama ...

Nuns with illegitimate children committing suicide? Suor Angelica, the second opera in Puccini's Il trittico  was broadcast on BBC TV4...

It's almost exactly seven years since the Anthony Minghella production of Puccini Madam Butterfly premiered at the Coliseum, London ...

Here's a link to a full download of Puccini Suor Angelica , a recording not commercially released at the the time, with big names - B...

A fabulously enjoyable evening of Puccini Il Trittico marks the start of the new Royal Opera House season. What fun, what flair! What...

Glorious production of Puccini La Rondine at Opera Holland Park. This is the sort of thing that makes OHP worth going to.  Please read Ruth ...

That excellent Puccini Madama Butterfly from the Royal Opera House is now available online, internationally and on demand on BBC Radio 3.   ...

Grace Chang (Ge Lan) sings Un bel di Vedremo in Mandarin. But what makes it a really big deal is the context. The clip is from the film Wi...

When the current production of Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered in 2003, I remember being startled at how stark the production see...