When Puccini gave a copy of his early 1889 opera Edgar to a friend in later life, he wrote in Italian on the title page, “And may God preserve you from this opera!” In the wake of Opera Holland Park’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2 Video: Watch the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finale On the heels of last year's sold out production, The Philadelphia Opera Collective has decided to continue to push the boundaries of what defines ...

PUCCINI'S second opera, Edgar, barely sees the light of day. There are reasons for this. The score is mostly embryonic; the plot more like a savage edit of something longer; the big numbers never ...

With Liverpool FC playing a home match and the wet city streets busy with trick-or-treaters, Halloween may not have been the obvious night to launch a season of contemporary music including two world ...

Opera Holland Park has a long and proud tradition of bringing to public attention works by Italian composers whose own considerable talents were somewhat eclipsed by those of their contemporary, or ...

When Puccini gave a copy of his early 1889 opera Edgar to a friend in later life, he wrote in Italian on the title page, “And may God preserve you from this opera!” In the wake of Opera Holland Park’s ...