Puccini reinvented grand opera on an intimate, human scale, painting the lives of everyday men and women through music of exquisite and timeless beauty, with arias that speak directly to the heart.

Giacomo Puccini, whose operas probably earned him more money than any other serious composer ever made,* began by writing ...

Intellectual condescension toward Giacomo Puccini, which still persists, started during his lifetime, when his operas played the world’s houses and made him wealthy. How wealthy? When Puccini died at ...

In the centenary of the opera’s posthumous premiere, there can be few more atmospheric places to get your dose of Turandot ...

Puccini's La Fanciulla del West (Girl of the Golden West), is his best, least-known opera. It premiered Dec. 10, 1910 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, with conductor Arturo Toscanini leading a ...

Puccini’s original score was ‘finished’ by Franco Alfano, whose additions are heard uncut on this dramatic all-star recording Antonio Pappano has never yet conducted Turandot in the theatre – and that ...

Giacomo Puccini was never shy when it came to writing operas with exotic settings — or at least settings that seemed exotic to European audiences. Still, Puccini may have outdone himself with La ...