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Thirdly, Puccini's music has a unique ability to speak to the listener in a dramatic and immediate way. As music historian Julian Budden notes: "No composer communicated as directly with his ...

Double Freedom from Tyranny: A Review of "Fidelio" at Lyric Opera and "Leonora" at Chicago Opera Theater It is a rare and ...

Production maximizes power of Puccini's music and drama — filling out characters, heightening emotions, enhancing humor and ...

Two classic operas, a world premiere and a concert presentation of one of Puccini’s early works make up the newly announced ...

He was a shrewd operator and kept abreast of all the latest musical developments, so that Turandot, with its exotic setting of Peking in ancient times, incorporates some contemporary music techniques ...

Songs for Ghosts, the second novel from Clara Kumagai, is full of longing, love and heartbreak, inspired by Puccini's Madame ...

Sir Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House, conducts a new production of Puccini's popular masterpiece, La boheme - a tale of friends and fellowship, love and loss, set in 19th ...