Le Villi (The Willis or The Fairies) is an opera-ballet in two acts (originally one) composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story Les Willis by ...

Opera Holland Park tries to make Puccini’s early failure work – with mixed results Even Puccini eventually disowned his second opera, Edgar. "It was an organism defective from the dramatic point of ...

The drawing card for anyone thinking of buying this set has to be tenor Placido Domingo, in what will likely be one of his final operatic recordings. At 65, the great Spanish tenor remains in very ...

One of my favorite Woody Allen movies may offer a way to rescue Puccini’s “Edgar” from neglect, even scorn. Stay with me here. In “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?” Allen took a James Bond-inspired Japanese ...

In the centenary year of his death, it’s quite a challenge to find something new about Giacomo Puccini. Even if the name is more likely to pop up at The Guardian end of the market, the man’s works are ...

MOBILE, Alabama—Opera composer Giacomo Puccini was a talented, tall, dark and handsome Italian man with a flair for fashion. The ladies loved him. His fans adored him. But under that smart top-hat was ...

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Puccini may be the most popular of all opera composers for Taiwanese audiences, but there’s a big difference between the standing of his major works and that of his B-list. La Boheme, Tosca, Madama ...

The composer’s second, and least performed opera. The story has echoes of Tannhäuser, since the protagonist is torn between sacred and profane love, and Carmen in terms of its depiction of the woman ...