On the anniversary of the premiere on April 25, 1926, John Steane looks at the recordings of Puccini's last opera... Read more The fifth of seven children, he was christened Giacomo Antonio Domenico ...
When it comes to name recognition in Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini usually comes in second place to the slightly more famed Giuseppe Verdi. If there were a ranking for the most spectacularly ...
On Jan. 31, the Knoxville Opera put on the first of two performances of “La Bohème,” a timeless Italian libretto set in ...