Sondra Radvanovsky: It's really been my therapist, opera has. It's been my way of dealing with all of my issues in life, not just the death of people close to me and illness, but also happy moments, ...

3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists At these groundbreaking concerts, Radvanovsky will sing Puccini's most iconic soprano arias — from Tosca's "Vissi d'arte" and Madama Butterfly's "Un ...

When the New Orleans Opera opens its 2024-25 season this weekend, its lead-off production of Giacomo Puccini’s “Tosca” will evoke fond memories for two of its principal singers. Soprano Melody Moore ...

Whenever someone asks my opinion on the perfect “first” opera to attend, I always pick “Tosca” or “La bohème.” Puccini’s earworm melodies, spectacular arias and concise scoring can hook a first-time ...

As companies around the globe celebrate the centennial of Giacomo Puccini’s death in 2024, Chicago Opera Theater (COT), Chicago’s foremost producer of new and rarely produced operas, presents Bohème ...

Opera: La Boheme Aria: Quando M’en Vo (Musetta’s Waltz); Opera: Tosca Aria: Come E Lunga L’Attesa (How Long The Wait); Opera: Turandot Aria: Nessum Dorma (None Shall Sleep); Opera: Tosca Aria: E Luce ...

Christine Goerke as Princess Turandot and (Limmie Pulliam as Calàf in Turandot at Moores School of Music. Credit: Photo by Rafael Lopez Every time Giacomo Puccini’s final masterpiece Turandot (1926) ...

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900. The work, based on ...

A school speech day was lifted out of the ordinary by a performance of a Puccini aria. Opera singer Katie Bird was the guest ...

Two of the Chicago area’s favorite vocalists, Diva Montell and Jeorge Holmes, are joining talents in a performance of inspiring holiday season classics and a tribute to the great opera composer, ...

Giacomo Puccini is a hit machine in the world of grand opera: “Madama Butterfly,” “Tosca” and La Boheme” are among the most produced and popular operas on the planet. But his first success was “Manon ...

It’s easy to tell when there’s a surplus of sopranos on the market: Producers start putting on convent operas. The University of Arizona had a bountiful crop of sopranos–and mezzos, for that matter–in ...