Joseph Calleja on the genius of Puccini
“Everything you hear about me is true!” Joseph Calleja reflects on taking on the role of Cavaradossi as well as discussing other Puccini roles and the way his voice has developed.
Bryan Hymel on doing the verismo double
Hymel’s career-defining moment came in 2012 when he replaced Jonas Kaufmann a new production of Les Troyens. His career hasn't looked back since.
Ermonela Jaho on her heartbreaking soprano roles
Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho is renowned for heartfelt performances as some of opera's most tortured soprano roles, especially Violetta in La traviata, the opera in which she sprang to fame in London when she jumped in for an indisposed Anna Netrebko.
Fact file
| Year of birth | 1858 |
| Year of death | 1924 |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Period | Romantic |
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Santa FeMadame Butterfly
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
John Fiore; Matthew Ozawa; Santa Fe Opera; Jean-Marc Puissant; Brigitte Reiffenstuel; Kelly Kaduce; Ana María Martínez
Vienna120 Jahre Volksoper Wien
Benatzky, Bernstein, Gershwin, Loewe, Lortzing, Millöcker, Offenbach, Puccini
Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper; Alfred Eschwé; Chorus of the Vienna Volksoper; Christoph Wagner-Trenkwitz; Johanna Arrouas; Daniela Fally
AmsterdamNetherlands Radio Choir: Famous Italian Opera Choruses
Rossini, Verdi, Mascagni, Bellini, Puccini
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; Giancarlo Andretta; Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
RigaTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Gintaras Rinkevicius; Latvian National Opera; Juris Salmanis; Kristīne Pasternaka; Sandra Janusaite; George Oniani
MurciaArias en el cine
Strauss R., Handel, Bellini, Puccini, Mascagni, Gounod, Dvořák, Shostakovich, Bizet, Rossini
Orquesta Sinfónica de la Región de Murcia; Virginia Martínez; Pilar Jurado
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A girl next door: La bohème at Dorset Opera Festival
It's not easy to imagine a freezing Parisian attic when you're in the middle of the rolling Dorset countryside in a baking summer, but Dorset Opera's excellent production of Puccini's La bohème is atmospheric enough to do so.
Petrenko and a luxury cast grace Il trittico in Munich
Petrenko's Puccini is bracingly alert, filled with colour and has a romantic sweep that is utterly transporting.
Nelsons sheds light on Puccini's canvas
Under Andris Nelsons' baton, the musical canvas was remarkably supple with proper light shed on Puccini’s melodic inventiveness and wondrous orchestration.
Tosca finally set in its own time and place
After a number of eccentric stagings, Mario Pontiggia's traditional production is a hit in Naples.
Butterfly's castle: Puccini soars at Savonlinna
There is a reason that Butterfly has the highest blub factor in the repertory, for it is not only for Cio-Cio-San that we weep, but for ourselves.