Giacomo Puccini, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly,” has been called the world’s most popular ...

Called Nessun Dorma, after one of Puccini’s most famous arias, the program will be performed on Saturday ... These artists ...

San Francisco Opera Center Artistic Director Carrie-Ann Matheson and General Manager Markus Beam has announced the 11 ...

Florentine Opera's new production of "Madama Butterfly" makes it possible to enjoy the beauty of Puccini's music without ... particularly in the famous aria "Un bel dì, vedremo.” ...

The subject has clear connections to Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, although the dynamic ... the Chinese opera singer performs the famous aria Un Bel Dì). Yet much of it, though apt, is ...

Opera was not immune, nor were two of its biggest hits from one of its foremost composers, Giacomo Puccini. His “Madama Butterfly” subjugates its ... and some of its most beloved arias. “The Mikado,” ...

The melodic lines of Madama Butterfly are among opera’s most familiar ... were common European attitudes 120 years ago when Giacomo Puccini lyricized the story of a very young but faithful ...

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Karina Canellakis, Royal Festival Hall ★★★☆☆ It’s now almost de ...

from “Madama Butterfly,” in which their voices complemented each other to produce a solid reading. Soprano Federica Raja, playing the role of Rosa Raisa, was a suitably over-the-top diva who soon had ...