Giacomo Puccini

L.A. Opera announces a 'conservative' 2011-12 season

2011-01-31 16:32:52

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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Mega-Tsunami: 5 Years Later' looks back at the 2004 disaster

2009-12-22 21:34:16

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Honoring the father of album art

2009-12-27 16:32:40

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Elisabeth Soderstrom dies at 82; versatile Swedish soprano

2009-11-23 00:00:00

Elisabeth Soderstrom, a Swedish soprano who was greatly admired for her sensitive operatic roles and for her refined, delicately shaded voice, died of a stroke Friday in Stockholm. She was 82. During a career of more than 50 years, Soderstrom was...

L.A. Opera accessorizes 'Tosca' revival with Maria Callas' jewelry

2008-05-16 00:00:00

HOW DO you add sparkle to a fatigued operatic war horse? Bring out the jewelry and let it shine under the spotlight. But not just any old jewelry. For its latest revival of "Tosca," opening Saturday, Los Angeles Opera has obtained a rare stage artifact...

Liping Zhang is a thoroughly cosmopolitan 'Madame Butterfly'

2008-10-01 00:00:00

Chinese soprano Liping Zhang has built a career out of playing submissive, self-negating heroines in the operas "Madame Butterfly" and "Turandot," both by Giacomo Puccini. In person, however, Zhang in many ways represents the polar opposite of the...

NSU faculty recital Thursday

2011-09-18 01:05:37

The Northern State University Department of Music faculty will present its annual recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Johnson Fine Arts Center. Included in the recital will be vocalists Darci Bultema, Michael Skyles, Timothy Woods and Wendy Van Gent....

Review: Orlando Philharmonic goes to the opera

2011-09-24 22:13:00

A trio of soloists and two choruses joined the Orlando Philharmonic for its season-opening concert Saturday night but the orchestra more than held its own, thank you very much. The Philharmonic presented a concert of well-known operatic works by Giacomo...

Eileen R. Philips, volunteer, dies

2011-10-06 14:24:00

Eileen R. "Mimi" Philips, a homemaker and volunteer who enjoyed music, died of cancer Monday at her Richmond, Va., home. The former Roland Park resident was 77. The daughter of a Ford Motor Co. assembly line worker and a factory worker, Eileen Rose Wade...

Live and Local: Ganz's classical homecoming headlines week of events

2011-11-01 08:49:00

Concerts Pianist Brian Ganz will return to his hometown of Columbia to once again perform at the Sundays at Three chamber music concert series this Sunday, Nov. 6, p.m., at Christ Episcopal Church, located at 6800 Oakland Mills Road. Ganz is now based...

Review: Orlando Philharmonic’s ‘Puccini e Verdi’

2011-09-25 04:39:00

TODAY IN HISTORY

2011-02-17 01:30:46

1801: The U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president. 1904: The original two-act version of Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Madama Butterfly'' was...

The tragic opera by Giacomo Puccini is produced by Herbert Ross and stars Massimo Giordano and Maija Kovalevska in the leads as Rodolfo and Mimi respectively.

2007-11-26 17:09:48