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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BarcelonaManon LescautNew production
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Emmanuel Villaume; Davide Livermore; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Giusi Giustino; Liudmyla Monastyrska; Gregory Kunde
ViennaTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Marco Armiliato; Margarethe Wallmann; Vienna State Opera; Nicola Benois; Catherine Naglestad; Aleksandrs Antonenko; Stefano Secco
BarcelonaManon LescautNew production
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Emmanuel Villaume; Davide Livermore; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Giusi Giustino; Maria Pia Piscitelli; Jorge de Léon
GlyndebourneMadama ButterflyNew production
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Omer Meir Wellber; Annilese Miskimmon; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Benjamin Glassberg; Nicky Shaw; Olga Busuioc
LeipzigTurandot
Puccini: Turandot
Matthias Foremny; Balázs Kovalik; Oper Leipzig; Heike Scheele; Sebastian Ellrich; Jennifer Wilson; Derek Taylor
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La bohème at ROH: a simple tragedy, heart-rendingly told
A committed cast make this a beautifully performed ensemble piece in which the tragedy of young love cut short by untimely disease is compellingly put across.
A forlorn Manon Lescaut arrives in Barcelona
Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu stages Puccini’s first great success as an operatic composer, Manon Lescaut with the stage direction of Davide Livermore.
Tears on the picnic lawn: Madama Butterfly at Glyndebourne
After dipping its toe in the cherry blossom for Glyndebourne's Tour in 2016, Annilese Miskimmon's staging of Puccini's gut-wrencher hits the main festival.
Eyvazov a magnificent Cavardossi in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Orchestra's superb semi-staged production of Tosca.
Opera Australia’s Tosca highlights the tyranny of evil Scarpia
Remarkable singers and magnificent sets successfully transpose Puccini’s Tosca to Nazi-occupied Rome, bringing home the horror of tyranny and how possible it is to occur.