Puccini

Astoria Characters: The Svelte Soprano

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Strauss, Butler University, Puccini, Astoria, Rene Fleming, Jenny Searles, Soprano, Tosca, Opera Singer, Wagner, Real Estate Agent, Carnegie Hall, Zionsville Indiana, Kennedy Center, Piano, Violin, Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Even when she's not on stage, Jenny, a Valkyrie whose waves of golden ringlets cascade down her shoulders, has quite a stage presence. Runway-model slim, she stands nearly six feet tall in her flat gold sandals.

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Malkovich's Operatic Swagger: Mozart At Versailles And More

Laurence Vittes | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Puccini, Opera, Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo, The Knights, Radiohead, Versailles, Malkovich, Mozart, Beethovenhead, Arts News
Laurence Vittes

New York Knights aka Beethovenhead? Saturday, June 18, 7 pm Trinity Church, Southport Summer Music Festival When Trinity Church's choirs and soloists...

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Two Operas You'll Never See Performed at the Met!

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Strauss, Faust, Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Rigoletto, Manon, Verdi, Ray of Light Theatre, Where's Dick?, Othello, Houston Grand Opera, La Traviata, Salome, Mozart, Child Abuse, Gounod, Don Giovanni, Santa Claus, Nixon in China, Jerry Springer, Arts News
George Heymont

Whether deploying a chorus line of Ku Klux Klansmen, mocking every symbol of Christianity, or filling the theatre with nonstop profanity, Jerry Springer:The Opera has something to offend everyone.

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'Tis a Pity She's No Longer a Whore -- Times Square Cultural Armageddon

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Duchovny Sex Addiction, Puccini, Nyc, Revelations, End-of-Days, Fife, The Rapture, George Bernard Shaw, Stephen Sondheim, Satan, West Side Story, God, 2001 a Space Odyssey, Jesus, Pagan, Wagner, Moses, Tim LaHaye, Dallas, Heaven, Bible, Techno-Addiction, Avatar, Hades, Apocalypto, John Doyle, Bach, Carousel, Pornography, Wnyc, Mel Gibson, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Wicker Man, Richard Rodgers, Synth, Arts News
Melody Breyer-Grell

And they said things were bad in the 70's. The dirt, the porno shops, the Disco. All that is now a fond memory for many New Yorkers who gamely braved that bit of Hades to attend a real Broadway musical.

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Madame Butterfly: A Journey

Robert Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Cantrell, Julian Viaud, Giacomo Puccini, David Belasco, Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Japan, John Luther Long, Julian Budden, Central City Opera, Madame Butterfly, Arts News
Robert Weller

Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly emerged slowly from her cocoon to become one of the world's most beloved operas.

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Madame Butterfly Takes Wing in Santa Fe

Rodney Punt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Wilson Kabuki, Opera, Drama, Sante Fe, Theater, John Crosby, Puccini, LA Opera, Madame Butterfly, Santa-Fe-Opera, Arts News
Rodney Punt

The plot could not be simpler: American naval officer jilts Japanese wife who later commits suicide. But Puccini's Madame Butterfly was not at all easy to compose, nor initially to stage.

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Stage Door: Venus In Fur, Tosca E Le Altre Due

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theater, Off-Broadway, Sadomasochism, Entertainment, Puccini, Opera, Tosca, New York News
Fern Siegel

The new show at the CSC is a smart, provocative, clever adaptation of a 19th-century erotic tale of power and submission. It deserves an extended run and a wider audience.

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The Lords of The Fly

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puccini, Carmen, John Gardner, Woody Allen, Ruxandra Donose, Theatre Du Chatelet, John Goldenthal, Across the Universe, The Fly, Nicholas & Alexandra, Howard Shore, Vincent Price, Beowulf, Deborah Drattell, William Friedkin, The Fly II, Jeff Goldblum, Madame Butterfly, Dante Ferretti, Batman Forever, George Langelaan, The Lion King, Ann Bogart, The Magic Flute, Return of the Fly, Lost in Space, Michael Collins, Opera, The Phantom of the Opera, Verdi, Playboy, Placido Domingo, David Cronenberg, Mozart, David Henry Hwang, La Boehme, Il Trittico, Beethoven, Julie Tamor, Daniel Okulitch, Heat, Geena Davis, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, The Lord of the Rings, Grendel, Berlioz, Los Angeles Opera, Frida, Aida, Rasputin, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The production contained some pre-requisites for the medium -- a tragic storyline that centered around love, sex and three principles, making it a theoretical candidate for an operatic treatment.

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Culture Zohn: Be Afraid, Be Very, Very Afraid!

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puccini, William Friedkin, Woody Allen, LA Opera, Placido Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, The Fly, Geena Davis, Met Opera, David Cronenberg, Movies, Howard Shore, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-09-05-20080905BrundleVeronica3_pull.jpg David Cronenberg and Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore have gotten together to reconceive The Fly for the LA Opera.

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