The world of opera is chock-full of jealous lovers, brave idealists, corrupt and lustful authorities and, of course, bloody ...

Rahbari devotes affectionate care to Puccini's orchestra, but he is either rather sleepy by nature or has been nobbled by his singers into providing tempos that are sometimes more considerate than ...

As part of the 2019 AixenProvence Opera Festival filmmaker Christophe Honoré delivers an innovative staging of Giacomo Puccinis famous drama His cleverly staged opera within the opera is a ...

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 ... years ...