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Paul Plishka, whose Metropolitan Opera career spanned 51 years, dies at age 83

Paul Plishka, a powerful bass with a ready smile and hearty laugh who sang 1,672 performances at the Metropolitan Opera over 51 years, has died

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Soprano Angel Blue sings her first Metropolitan Opera 'Aida' in a new production

Angel Blue, one of the most admired singers of her generation, is headlining the Metropolitan Opera’s first new production of Verdi’s “Aida” in 36 years

The Independent UK

The week in classical: La bohème; London Contemporary Music festival – review

Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska is an unforgettable Mimì in Richard Jones’s ever sumptuous Puccini production. And mischief rules at this year’s LCMF

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New heights, fond farewells and daring acrobatics – the year in classical music

It was a thrilling year with glittering new works, an electrifying Proms season, Puccini in a laundry and Britten on a trapeze

The Guardian - UK

La Bohème review – action rather than angst in lively revival

Richard Jones’s 2017 staging returns to Covent Garden with a young and light-hearted group of bohemians. In the pit Speranza Scappucci keeps things moving musically

The Guardian - UK

La Rondine review – Pappano and the LSO make Puccini glitter

The London Symphony Orchestra’s concert performance under their chief conductor made a compelling case for Puccini’s little-performed opera

The Guardian - UK

La Rondine at the Barbican review: this little-known Puccini work deserves a regular place in opera's canon

5/5 An Antonio Pappano favourite, Puccini’s eigth opera builds to the kind of heart-stopping climax familiar from the composer’s better-known works

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The week in classical: Opera triple bill: Britten, Weill and Ravel; Hänsel und Gretel; Tosca – review

Two opera studio shows find the next generation of stars in rude health, while the Royal Opera’s latest Tosca revival is the ultimate class act

The Guardian - UK

Tosca review – Bryn Terfel’s lustful Scarpia returns to intimidate and compel

Natalya Romaniw brings vulnerability and depth to Tosca and, in the pit, Eun Sun Kim conducts with subtlety and delicacy in this revival of Jonathan Kent’s staging

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Welsh National Opera’s Il trittico; Oxford international song festival – review

Even as they fight for survival, WNO give their all in Puccini at his most affecting – and funniest

The Guardian - UK

M. Butterfly review – Huang Ruo’s cross-cultural opera gets an enthralling UK premiere

Remarkable performances keep us guessing about the intricacies of the east-west relationship at the heart of this BBCSO/Barbican concert staging

The Guardian - UK

Suor Angelica review – Puccini’s maternal tragedy gets a haunting modern update

A Magdalene laundry in 1960s Ireland is the setting for ENO’s semi-staged production, which conveys quiet anger and deep sadness

The Guardian - UK

Jonas Kaufmann: Puccini: Love Affairs review – will delight fans

The star tenor retrieves some of his old form – helped by six outstanding soprano partners – on this surefire hit spanning La bohème to Madama Butterfly

The Guardian - UK

La bohème review – ENO celebrate Puccini centenary with compelling new talent

Jonathan Miller’s 2009 staging opens English National Opera’s season with Nadine Benjamin an affecting Mimì and conductor Clelia Cafiero, making an impressive UK debut

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Yuval Sharon to direct Met Opera's new stagings of Wagner's Ring Cycle and `Tristan und Isolde'

Yuval Sharon, an American known for innovative productions, will direct the Metropolitan Opera’s next stagings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and “Tristan und Isolde,” both starring soprano Lise Davidsen and conducted by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The Guardian - UK

Edgar review – Puccini was right, his biggest flop is a dud

The composer himself wrote off his second opera. In this OHP semi-staging, there are sumptuous musical moments but the major plot problems are baked in

The Guardian - UK

Il Trittico review – an eloquent, gutsy outpouring of Puccini’s passion and pain

Welsh National Opera pull no emotional punches in this production of David McVicar’s staging of Puccini’s variously suspenseful, tragic and comic triptych

The Independent UK

Met Opera in New York sold 72% of tickets this season, up from 66% and highest since pandemic

The Metropolitan Opera sold 72% of available tickets this season, up from 66% in 2022-23

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The week in classical: Platée; Tosca review – a reality TV winner and shades of Callas

Breathless action and Rameau’s fizzing score ignite in Louisa Muller’s ingenious take on French baroque, while Stephen Barlow’s 60s-set Puccini sparkles in a long-overdue revival

The Guardian - AU

Tosca at Margaret Court Arena review – Puccini opera just survives the stadium treatment

Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, then touringStaged in the cavernous stadium while the State Theatre undergoes renovations, Puccini’s crowd-pleasing masterpiece feels too small for such a big setting

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From Nightclub DJ To International Opera Star

Discover Jonathan Tetelman's extraordinary journey from nightclub DJ to acclaimed opera star, a story of perseverance and talent.

The Guardian - UK

Madama Butterfly review – Grigorian inhabits the part to a degree one does not often experience

Asmik Grigorian is the standout attraction in this revival of Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier’s 2003 uncluttered production

The Guardian - UK

Manon Lescaut review – Puccini’s desert tragedy gets a surreal rainbow revamp

Jude Christian’s staging for English Touring Opera is colourful and imaginative but lacks critical chemistry and coherence

The Guardian - UK

Puccini: Symphonic Suites album review – Carlo Rizzi celebrates an opera giant’s genius

The conductor’s orchestral suites explores the subtlety of Puccini’s scoring, and render Madama Butterfly and Tosca afresh

The Guardian - UK

‘I am not scary!’ A thrilling audience with super-charged soprano Angela Gheorghiu

She calls herself ‘the world’s most glamorous opera star’, and knew, from kindergarten, that her destiny was to be on stage. Can the Romanian diva possibly live up to her reputation? You bet …

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