Suor Angelica Josi Steinfeld 01/10/2024In Puccini’s centenary year, it is fitting that a lesser-known work takes center stage. Suor Angelica is the middle opera...
La Bohème Sofia Moran 29/09/2024La Bohème, is a classic opera by Puccini, and hopefully my first of many. This version, set in 1930s impoverished...
La Rondine (The Swallow) Josi Steinfeld 05/08/2024The Gattières Opus Opera Festival in a small hillside village behind Nice has been a well-kept secret for 34 years!...
Samson Alessandro Zummo 16/07/2024In 1733, the great philosopher Voltaire and the renowned composer Jean-Philippe Rameau created an opera inspired by the Bible (Book...
Aleko/Gianni Schicchi – Double Bryn Terfel Josi Steinfeld 10/06/2024The late Bamber Gascoigne left this gorgeous house and grounds to the West Horsley Place Trust, now the home of...
Celebrating 22 Years of Antonio Pappano Josi Steinfeld 05/06/2024Destined to be an unforgettable occasion, this Gala pays tribute to Sir Antonio Pappano after 22 years at the helm...
Reviewer's rating Madama Butterfly Josi Steinfeld 25/03/2024On a trip to London, Giacomo Puccini saw a play by David Belasco called Madame Butterfly, taken from a short...
The Magic Flute Owen Davies 05/03/2024★ ★ ★ ★ The Magic Flute was the result of a collaboration between the great composer Mozart and his...
80 Madama Butterfly Alessandro Zummo 23/02/2024★ ★ ★ ★ In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s death in 1924, the Teatro Massimo di Palermo...
Reviewer's rating Tosca Josi Steinfeld 09/02/2024Puccini set Sardou’s play La Tosca to music after Sarah Bernhadt performed it in French, despite never understanding a word....
