Although the singers were so close to the audience that their voices often hit ears at top volume, the intensity was right for Puccini's tale of adultery, loss and revenge. Scott Skiba's staging ...

Two tales of the relationship between an ageing man and a young woman, and destructive jealousy. Puccini's Il tabarro is a realistic story set on a riverboat. In I pagliacci, the action is set in the ...

The idea of performing three one-act operas in one evening, sharply contrasting in theme and mood, came to Giacomo Puccini as far back as 1900, after Tosca. At the time, his thoughts were consumed by ...

The real hero is Puccini’s score, the opera’s Parisian canal setting the cue for some remarkably limpid, transparent music. Debussy and Ravel are the obvious influences, and there’s a nod to Petrushka ...

The recording itself, too, doesn’t quite capture for me the essence of the work. Bertrand de Billy conducts the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony efficiently and swiftly (his Tabarro is some three minutes ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 30: A view of the Lightship Ambrose and the cargo ship Wavertree at Pier 16 as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread ...

The University Opera Theatre will present “Suor Angelica & Il Tabarro” by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini this weekend. The opera will run at Ted Mann Concert Hall from Thursday, Nov. 17, to Sunday, ...