Giacomo Puccini

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.

Mark Pullinger, 14 Dec

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.

Mark Pullinger, 17 Feb

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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An eye-popping Tosca in Rome

Svetlana Kasyan (Tosca) © Yasuko Kageyama | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Mark Pullinger, 07 Apr

Alessandro Talevi's gorgeous staging recreates Tosca as it might have been seen at its 1900 première.

****1

Guanqun Yu (Liù) © Richard Termine | Metropolitan Opera

Vishnu Bachani, 31 Mar

Amidst mixed vocal performances, competent orchestral playing and spectacular staging, Guanqun Yu took the limelight as a devout and sincere Liù.

***11

Ho-Yoon Chung (Rodolfo) and Iulia Maria Dan (Mimì) © Prudence Upton

David Larkin, 23 Mar

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour returns with La bohème, in a fine production by Andy Morton, with star turns from Iulia Maria Dan and Ho-Yoon Chung in the lead roles.

****1