Sunset & Symphony tickets now on sale Oct 11, 2009
Soprano Janette Zilioli will sing selections from La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar and Summertime from Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin. Event gates open at 3:30 p.m. The Instrument Petting Zoo will begin at 4:30 p.m. Located on the Garden Activities Center lawn, families can try their hands at a variety of instruments with the help of Orlando Philharmonic musicians. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Brookline Adult & Community Education announces fall programs Sep 20, 2009
One of Giacomo Puccini s most famous operas, Madame Butterfuly tells the story of the disastrous results of a young American naval officer s marriage to a pretty geisha. Through an outstanding video performance, participants will examine the opera s most important musical and dramatic elements. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Puccini Opera Manon Lescaut Aug 31, 2009
Manon Lescaut, an Italian lyric tragedy drama by Giacomo Puccini: opera plot summary, character list, and other Puccini opera information. Giacomo Puccini (December 22, 1858 November 29, 1924) composed Manon Lescaut, a four-act Italian lyric drama. (Suite101.com)
Local firm selected for Puccini/Coppola world premiere Aug 24, 2009
This fall, the company will perform the world premiere of La Coupe et Les Levres (The Cup and the Lips), a transformation by conductor and composer Anton Coppola of Giacomo Puccini s opera Edgar. Company and Altamura Center co-founder Carmela Altamura announced the performance Sunday during a 150th Anniversary Tribute to Giacomo Puccini concert of the composer s arias. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
* Composers tweak Twitter opera for Covent Garden Aug 13, 2009
In an effort to get more people involved with opera, Londons world-famous Royal Opera House in Covent Garden is turning away X temporarily X from classic talents like Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini and giving the composers pen to. just about anybody. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
View: Twittering a happier libretto Aug 13, 2009
The Royal Opera House will perform an opera written not by Giacomo Puccini or Giuseppe Verdi, but by living people with a network connection and a Twitter account. Fans can contribute to the libretto line-by-line, subject, of course, to Twitter's maximum of 140 characters at a time, which will then be put to music by professionals. (India Times, India)
Royal Opera House to do show of tweets Aug 12, 2009
In an effort to get more people involved with opera, which sometimes suffers from an elitist, highbrow reputation, London's world-famous Royal Opera House is turning away temporarily from classic talents like Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini and giving the composer's pen to. just about anybody. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Schedule for Nine Opera Performances Jun 28, 2009
Oct. 10, 2009: "Tosca," by Giacomo Puccini. Oct. 24, 2009: "Aida," by Giuseppe Verdi. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Island History for Friday, June 26, 2009 Jun 27, 2009
Both of her local programs featured a number of Japanese folk songs and the Aria from the great Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini s Madame Butterfly. When she first met Puccini (1858-1924) at Rome in 1921, he brought her into his study and said, It was on that piano, it was in this room that I composed Madame Butterfly, and now I have a real butterfly to sing the role. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Melrose Council on Aging Events May 2, 2009
His motivational speech culminates in a 20-minute painting demonstration choreographed to the music of Giacomo Puccini (Belgium, 1858-1924). For more information, contact Gina Tempesta, Melrose Community Arts Liaison, at 781-665-0116. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Green Valley briefs Mar 27, 2009
Arizona Opera s 2008-09 season concludes with Giacomo Puccini s Tosca on April 4 at 7:30 p.m. and April 5 at 2 p.m. at Tucson music Hall, Tucson. The Arizona Opera League s Green Valley preview is Friday, March 27, at 2 p.m. at the Rehearsal Hall in the Community Performing Arts Center, 1250 W. Continental Road. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Cherry tartan in 'samurai' tie in Feb 22, 2009
His Japanese wife, Tsuru, was said to have been the inspiration for Madame Butterfly, which is best-known as an opera by Giacomo Puccini. The age of the samurai started in the 1100s, but their system of government and famous warriors lost power in the late 19th Century. (BBC News -- UK)
