I’ve been posting daily music history tidbits on my social media and discovered that Michele Puccini was born on Wednesday, November 27 in 1813. Michele was the father of the much more famous Giacomo ...

He's the great Italian composer who gave us La Bohème, Tosca, Madam Butterfly and, of course, 'Nessun Dorma'. His arias are some of classical music's greatest tearjerkers - but what else is there to ...

A house that played a central role in Giacomo Puccini's turbulent and ultimately tragic love life is up for sale – a three-storey building in the hills south of Lake Como to which the composer of ...

Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924). Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, Puccini’s librettists for Madama Butterfly, ...

At the Bastille Opera, Giacomo Puccini's Tosca returns in a production directed by Pierre Audi from March 12 to April 18, ...

He's the byword for opera, the shorthand for swooning romance - and oh, those melodies! You really can’t knock a Puccini aria... Try it, and you’ll be faced with a legion of outraged punters. While ...

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Having studied, performed and written about the composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) since my student days, I find it surprising to see him described on the Bard Music ...

The year that is coming to an end has been marked by worldwide celebrations of the musical legacy of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) in commemoration of the centenary of his death. The Għaqda Nazzjonali ...