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While the average person may not be able to name any of the operas written by the Italian composer and librettist Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), they’ve likely at least heard the titles of his most famous works: La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Tosca or Turandot (and yes, it’s actually Madama and not Madame).Or, if you’re a fan of ‘80s rom coms and/or Ch...

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March 12, 2024 | 7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm). Club Fugazi, 678 Green Str., San Francisco (CA). REGISTER HERE. Artemis Danza Company dedicates Monica Casadei‘s new artistic project to the representation, investigation and contemporary interpretation of four fascinating heroines immortalized by the composer from Lucca: Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Mimì...

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Blue Heron continues its multi-year exploration of the Italian madrigal with “Tasso & Wert,” a new program featuring dramatic scenes and lyrics by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso (1544-95) set to music by the Flemish composer Giaches de Wert (1535-96) and others. Taking place on Saturday, March 23 at 8pm at First Church in Cambridge, the performanc...

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A night at the Italian opera is a bucket-list experience for many tourists and Unesco recently safeguarded the ancient art form, including Italian opera singing on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage last month. Dating back to the late 1500s, Italian opera singing is practised or taught by more than 30,000 people in Italy. Each day, a new gene...

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Political thrillers, love, jealousy, passion, betrayal, murder and war were selling theater tickets years before the Bijou came to Morrisville and long before Cecil B. DeMille arrived in Hollywood. Giacomo Puccini could keep an audience on the edge of their seats long before Alfred Hitchcock could say “Psycho” or Indiana Jones went looking for the...

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NJFO Fully Staged Opera Production "Lucia Di Lammermoor" by Donizetti . Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 7:00 PM. Renaissance Church, 639 Mountain Ave, Springfield, NJ, 07081. More info here. Brigadoon meets Macbeth in New Jersey Festival Orchestra's February 17th production of Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti's spellbinding tale of marriage, madness a...

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Flip a coin: if it’s heads, it’s love; if it’s tails, it’s torment. So was the theme of the evening’s program of seventeenth-century Italian music at the Morgan Library’s centennial concert last Thursday, as part of the Boston Early Music Festival’s 2024 series. Headed by viola da gamba player Cristiano Contadin, the critically acclaimed Italian en...

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Light Opera of New Jersey presents Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” at the Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving St., Rahway, on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. Bribery, deception and disguise: Rossini’s “The Barber of Seville” tells the story of two young lovers on a quest to be together. The main character, Figaro, needs all his wiles...

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in December 2023, on the eve of the premier of Verdi’s Don Carlo at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, UNESCO announced that the practice of Italian opera singing had joined its Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The UN’s agency described opera singing as “a physiologically controlled way of singing that enhances the carrying power of the voice in aco...

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The Elixir of Love will be enchanting audiences at the Ordway in downtown St Paul through this weekend. The latest in Minnesota Opera’s 2023-2024 season, this production effortlessly captures hearts with its romantic comedy storyline, charming cast, and delightful stage design. The Elixir of Love only runs through February 4th, so get the posse tog...

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