The Washington National Opera’s brilliant revival of “Manon Lescaut” demonstrates that as early as 1893, when Giacomo Puccini was writing this, his first popular work, he knew well how to use music to ...

It's set in early 18th Century France—and Louisiana. Puccini felt that he could bring true Italian passion to the tale, and indeed he did. Though it’s an early work, it contains much of the rich, ...

Soprano Patricia Racette is the greatest advertisement for Puccini’s heroines. His operas dominate her resume, and no wonder. She owns a voice that gravitates to his expansive Italian lines and ...

First impressions are important, but they shouldn't lead to snap judgment. It is usually wiser to stop and think, but in the world of opera – especially Puccini – lovers tend to fall in love at first ...

On November 24, 2019, San Francisco Opera presented Giacomo Puccini's third opera, MANON LESCAUT with two spectacularly large-voiced singers, Liana Haroutounian and Brian Jagde. In a most forthright ...

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Dallas Opera's Gregory Kunde and Kristin Lewis perform in a dress rehearsal of Puccini's Manon Lescaut at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas on Feb. 27. Lawrence Jenkins / Special Contributor The ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Opera is doing it again. Setting aside mainstream repertoire, it’s producing an opera largely unknown in Northeast Ohio. This Friday and Sunday, at the Tudor Arms Hotel ...

Produced in collaboration with the Cleveland Women’s Orchestra and stage directed by Dorota Sobieska, the Cleveland Opera will present Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in the Crystal Ballroom at the Tudor Arms ...

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