Giacomo Puccini News

The Lyric Opera House is proud to present Washington National Opera (WNO) performing Giacomo Puccini's Turandot in concert, Tuesday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is adapted from WNO's production of Turandot, running at Washington's Kennedy Center Opera House, May 16 to June 4.

Comedy, tragedy, magic, madness, jealousy, deceit and fantasy all will take center stage at IU Bloomington's Musical Arts Center during Indiana University Opera and Ballet Theater's 2009-2010 season.

Miss Saigon opens on Sunday, April 26 with a 2:00 p.m. matinee. Remaining performances are Wednesday, April 26 to Sunday, May 3, and Wednesday May 6 through May 9. Evening performances are at 8:00 p.m. Sunday matinees are at 2:00 p.m.

Nashville Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Curtain for both performances is 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $17 in the Student Section to $80 in Premiere/Orchestra section, with a limited number of 'pay-what-you-can' tickets available directly from the Nashville Opera office. A free discussion of the work takes place one hour prior to curtain in the theatre.

Nashville Opera will present the final production of the 2008-09 season, Giacomo Puccini's La boheme. The performances will be staged at TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall at 505 Deaderick Street on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Curtain for both shows is 8:00 pm with the free Opera Insights discussion occurring at 7:00 pm inside of the theatre. Nashville Opera's production of La boheme is directed by John Hoomes and features the Nashville Opera Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Christopher Larkin.

Political intrigue, war, jealousy and love embroil the heroine Tosca as she fights to save her true love from dark forces. Timeless themes such as these are combined with powerful music, great singing, and fantastic staging and sets to bring the opera alive for contemporary audiences during two performances at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida.

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, concludes its 2008-2009 season with Puccini's Turandot. Originally from Royal Opera House, Andrei ?erban's visually arresting and highly acclaimed production, which celebrates 25 years this season, runs in eight performances from May 16 to June 4 at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Nashville Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Curtain for both performances is 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $17 in the Student Section to $80 in Premiere/Orchestra section, with a limited number of 'pay-what-you-can' tickets available directly from the Nashville Opera office. A free discussion of the work takes place one hour prior to curtain in the theatre.

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates its 125th anniversary year with a unique gala performance on March 15, 2009 at 6:00 p.m., featuring Met stars in recreations of historic classic productions and high points in the company's past. Music Director James Levine conducts the evening of 26 staged scenes that, with the use of projections, and scenic and costume recreations, will evoke the Met's illustrious history.

Political intrigue, war, jealousy and love embroil the heroine Tosca as she fights to save her true love from dark forces. Timeless themes such as these are combined with powerful music, great singing, and fantastic staging and sets to bring the opera alive for contemporary audiences during two performances at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Florida.

Nashville Opera will present the final production of the 2008-09 season, Giacomo Puccini's La boheme. The performances will be staged at TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall at 505 Deaderick Street on Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Curtain for both shows is 8:00 pm with the free Opera Insights discussion occurring at 7:00 pm inside of the theatre. Nashville Opera's production of La boheme is directed by John Hoomes and features the Nashville Opera Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Christopher Larkin.

The Lyric Opera of Kansas City will present a 51st season of opera evoking emotions from grief to glee. To celebrate the Lyric's 50th birthday and Puccini's 150th birthday, the Lyric will open its season with the opera that started it all in Kansas City in September of 1958, Puccini's La boh?me. Opera aficionados will be thrilled to hear that the Lyric will produce the Kansas City premiere of Handel's Julius Caesar in November, the first baroque opera ever to be performed at the Lyric. March will bring Verdi's spellbinding tragedy La traviata to the Lyric stage and audiences young and old alike will enjoy everyone's favorite posing pirates in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance in May. All four full-length operas will be presented in their original language with English text projected above the stage.

Jonathan Larson's ground-breaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize Award winning musical Rent played its final performance on Broadway this September, completing a run that spanned over a decade. But audiences can enjoy a local production of the musical at Yorktown Stage this December, in one of the first youth incarnations of the show.

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates its 125th anniversary year with a unique gala performance on March 15, 2009 at 6:00 p.m., featuring Met stars in recreations of historic classic productions and high points in the company's past. Music Director James Levine conducts the evening of 26 staged scenes that, with the use of projections, and scenic and costume recreations, will evoke the Met's illustrious history.

The Muny has announced that for their upcoming production of Miss Saigon, Francis Jue will star as The Engineer, Ma-Anne Dionisio will star as Kim and Eric Kunze as Chris.

La MaMa E.T.C. presents Ellen Stewart's new adaptation of THE RAVEN, an American-premiere musical based on the rarely seen play by 18th-century Italian writer Carlo Gozzi (TURANDOT, THE GREEN BIRD), featuring an international cast from the acclaimed Great Jones Repertory Company at La MaMa E.T.C. Annex (66 East 4th Street) in Manhattan, with previews beginning June 12, prior to an official press opening Sunday, June 15.

Alexander Kariotis and The Rock Opera Orchestra will be in concert in New Jersey and at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre and Triad, August 10 - November 27.

The Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities will open their 16th season with the world premiere musical Twice Upon a Time by British playwright Ray Cooney, at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center beginning previews February 16, 2008...

Barefoot in the Park 3/21/2006 - 4/2/2006 Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Anthony Minghella's production of Madam Butterfly is sold out, but will return to the English National Opera in spring of 2006