This is a difficult opera to stage now, and director Matthew Ozawa has found an effective solution. And audiences still hear every note of Puccini’s beloved 1904 score.

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Maryland Opera’s eighth season will present Madama Butterfly, Puccini’s masterpiece of devotion and betrayal. Puccini’s opera will be presented complete, fully staged and costumed at Church of the ...

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“Short” is not a word you see modifying “opera” very often, but when it comes to Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, the two one-acts by Giacomo Puccini that Opera Santa Barbara will present at the ...

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What should opera look like in a world marked by rapid industrial and technological development? Though such questions certainly resonate in the 21st century, opera composers were asking the same ...

Giacomo Puccini’s beloved one-act comic opera “Gianni Schicci” is coming to the Bornemann Theatre in San Marcos for three enchanting performances Sept. 5-7. In this production, Genesis Opera Theatre’s ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues at 1 p.m. with a live performance of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly.” ...