Giacomo Puccini archive
Read Moms In Opera: 5 Women On The Edge
May 9, 2013 – Why are so many operatic moms depicted as murderous women on the verge of a nervous breakdown?
Read How Verdi, Wagner and Puccini Got Their Grooves
April 11, 2012 – Hear why these three composers are still superstars in opera houses worldwide.
Listen Aretha Franklin Is Looking For The Next Great Star ... Of Opera MR
January 3, 2012 – The Queen of Soul is looking for a prince or princess of Puccini. MR
Read Bass Giorgio Tozzi Dies At 88
June 1, 2011 – The American singer enjoyed a career that stretched from the Metropolitan Opera to Hollywood.
Watch Remembering Critic And Opera Hero John Steane
March 30, 2011 – The British writer's breathtaking knowledge and affable prose set him apart from all others.
Watch Happy Birthday 'Fanciulla' — Puccini's Spaghetti Western Turns 100
December 10, 2010 – Puccini's neglected spaghetti western makes a welcome return to the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Listen Puccini's Material Girl: 'Manon Lescaut'
May 29, 2009 – In Puccini's opera, Manon Lescaut is a young woman torn between true love and the lap of luxury.